Re: [SLUG] MySQL DB Connection

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Mar 17 2005 - 18:28:36 EST


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, SOTL wrote:

> I am trying to connect to a MySQL data base using OpenOffice with the files
> located in a second computer networked to the first by a router. NFS is not
> installed nor is somba.
>
> The address of the second computer is 192.168.1.251.
> The second computer hass the database located at:
> /mnt/System_Data/My_DataBase/OpenOffice
>
> When I attempt to do a setup I get the following appearing in the URL window:
> sdbc:MSQL:jdbc
> <host><3306>/<DBNAME>
>
> I am assuming that <host> is 192.168.1.251
> and I assume that
> <DBNAME> is /mnt/System_Data/My_DataBase/OpenOffice
> but
> What does <3306> mean?

Port number? Do a "netstat -A inet -a" on the server.

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