Archived: MySQL Connector/J 5.1 - Download and Installation

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∟Archived: MySQL Connector/J 5.1 - Download and Installation

This section describes how to download and install MySQL Connector/J (JDBC driver) 5.1.36.

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:

Go to the MySQL Drivers page at http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/.
Click Download link next to "JDBC Driver for MySQL (Connector/J)"
Click the Download link next to "Windows (x86, 32-bit), MSI Installer 5.1.36, 6.3M"
Login to Oracle or create a new account on Oracle.
Save the download file, mysql-connector-java-gpl-5.1.36.msi, to a temporary directory. The file size is about 6.3MB.
Double click on the downloaded file to install it.
Check the installation folder at "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Connector J".
Copy the JDBC jar file, mysql-connector-java-5.1.36-bin.jar, to a better location: \local\lib\mysql-connector-java-5.1.36-bin.jar.

The installation is done. You should read the documentation at "C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Connector J\docs\connector-j.pdf". Some version information of MySQL Connector/J 5.1.36 is summarized here:

MySQL Connector/J 5.1.36 implements version 4.0 of the JDBC specification.
MySQL Connector/J 5.1.36 is a Type 4 driver - Pure Java and direct connection to the server.
MySQL Connector/J 5.1.36 supports JDK 1.8 environments.