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MySQL

Specifies the options for MySQL databases.

Type of connection

Use existing MyODBC data source

Connects to an existing MyODBC data source that was set on a system level.

Use Connector/J3

Connects to the MySQL database using Connector/J3 by http://www.mysql.com.

MySQL JDBC driver class

Enter the JDBC driver class for the MySQL database.

General

Data source URL

For a JDBC connection, enter the host name, the port number, and the database name using the form <host>:<3306>/<DBNAME>. For an ODBC connection, enter the name of the ODBC data source.

User Name

Type the user name for accessing the database.

Password required

Prevents an unauthorized user from accessing the database. You only need to enter the password once per session.

Character Set

Select the code conversion that you want to use to view the database in OpenOffice.org. This does not affect the database. Choose "System" to use the default character set of your operating system. Text and dBase databases are restricted to character sets with a fixed-size character length, where all characters are encoded with the same number of bytes.

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