In the past, some Open Office database users, when they wanted to go beyond using the embedded engine, tried connecting to MySQL servers with the JDBC connector.
Open Office now has it's own, native, MySQL connector... it is a normal "extension".
For help with getting MySQL (server) and Open Office "Base" (dreadful name!) (client) "playing nicely" together, see....
http://sheepdogguides.com/srv/s0MySqlDoInst.htm
Open Office now has it's own, native, MySQL connector... it is a normal "extension".
For help with getting MySQL (server) and Open Office "Base" (dreadful name!) (client) "playing nicely" together, see....
http://sheepdogguides.com/srv/s0MySqlDoInst.htm