Hi Andrew, > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Douglas Pitonyak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday 11 October 2005 12:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [users] Base connection problem > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am sorry to bother you with this question. I have spent hours > > learning and setting up a database and the associated forms using > > Base. It was working fine, but then today it would not open. I > > continue to get an error that says "the connection to the > datasource > > <name> could not be established. the connection to the > external data > > source could not be established. An unknown error occurred. the > > driver is probably defective". This had never happened before, and > > does not happen with any of the other databases I have > created in the > > same manner (indeed, most of the other databases I have created are > > the earlier versions of the one I am having trouble with). > It is not > > a remote database; it is here on my computer. Honestly, I > do not even > > care if I can retrieve the functions and forms I made. I would be > > happy just being able to take the data and start over. > But, I cannot > > even find where get that. I have attached the file, in hopes that > > this might be helpful. I do not think it is an actual > driver problem, > > because like I said, all the others are working properly, as do new > > ones I create. Thank you for any help you can offer, and > please let > > me know if there is more information I can send. > > Sincerely > > > > Michael Caja > > I downloaded this to my Linux computer. I attempted to unzip > the file, and it will not unzip. I believe that you have a > corrupted file. > Typically, I can take an odb file and unzip it. For example, > if I have a file named Something.odb, I rename the file to > x.zip, and then I can unzip the file. I could NOT do this > with the file that you sent. I assume, therefore, that the > file is damaged. No comment on how or why. I hope that you > have a backup :-(
I don't know if the two are related, but what caught my eye above is "the driver is probably defective". But this is an email I sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] this morning: " Win XP, OOo 2.0 RC2 Just loaded RC2, but now Base stopped working. I connect to MySQL via the JDBC driver. The Options|Java|Classpath points straight to mysql-connector-java-3.1.9-bin.jar, but connecting to any db keeps telling me that "com/mysql/jdbc/Driver could not be located". Help please. " Cheers Gert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
