MySQL Connector/J - Download and Installation

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∟MySQL Connector/J - Download and Installation

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:

Go to the MySQL Drivers page at https://www.mysql.com/products/connector/.
Click Download link next to "JDBC Driver for MySQL (Connector/J)".
Select the "Platform Independent" version.
Click the Download link next to "Platform Independent (Architecture Independent), ZIP Archive 8.0.27 5.0M (mysql-connector-java-8.0.27.zip)"
Login to Oracle or create a new account on Oracle.
Click "Download Now" and save the download file, mysql-connector-java-8.0.27.zip, to a temporary directory. The file size is about 5.0 MB.
Unzip the downloaded file and get all files in the "mysql-connector-java-8.0.27" sub-directory.
Copy the JDBC jar file, mysql-connector-java-8.0.27.jar, to your current working directory for easy access. And rename it as mysql-connector-java.jar

The installation is done. You should read the documentation at https://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/8.0/en/. Some version information of MySQL Connector/J 8.0.27 is summarized here:

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.27 implements version 4.2 of the JDBC specification.
MySQL Connector/J 8.0.27 is a Type 4 driver - Pure Java and direct connection to the server.
MySQL Connector/J 8.0.27 supports JDK 8 or higher environments.