Connect to MySQL in OpenOffice.org

OpenOffice.org is one of the premier office suites available on Linux. It has a lot going for it: word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. It also can connect you to any kind of database that you like, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and others.

Depending on how you installed OpenOffice.org and what your vendor provides, you may have the capability to connect to a MySQL database already. If not, you can easily download the JDBC driver to use Java (which requires installing a JRE) to connect OpenOffice.org to your database. In fact, using the JDBC drivers is perhaps the easiest way to connect to a MySQL database from OpenOffice.org.

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