This section describes how to download and install MySQL Connector/J (JDBC driver).
With MySQL server installed and running, I am ready to try the JDBC driver to access my MySQL server.
Here is what I did to download and install MySQL JDBC driver:
Click Download link next to "JDBC Driver for MySQL (Connector/J)"
Click the Download link next to "Source and Binaries (zip) 5.0.7 8.3M"
Save the download file, mysql-connector-java-5.0.7.zip, to a temporary directory. The file size is about 8.5MB.
Unzip this file. I got a directory called mysql-connector-java-5.0.7. I moved and renamed this directory to \local\mysql-connector-java.
Finally, copy \local\mysql-connector-java\mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar to \local\lib\mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar.
The installation is done. You should read the documentation at \local\mysql-connector-java\docs\connector-j.pdf. Some version information of
MySQL Connctor/J 5.0.7 is summarized here:
MySQL Connctor/J 5.0.7 implements version 3.0 of the JDBC specification.
MySQL Connctor/J 5.0.7 is a Type 4 driver - Pure Java and direct connection to the server.
MySQL Connctor/J 5.0.7 supports JDK 1.5.x environments.
