MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org 1.0

[Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany]

Hi,

The MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org, formerly known as Sun MySQL
Connector, formerly known as ... ehm, I don't remember ..., has been
released in version 1.0.

You might want to visit

http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
  for the detailed announcement (but hey, you already saw this blog
  posting, right?)

http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/mysql_connector
  for the direct download

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0
  for a little Getting Started guide


I want to thank the MySQL side of our team for their work - we tried
hard to break their underlying Connector/C(++), but if we really managed
to, they quickly came back with a fix. How depressing!

Also, I want to thank our program manager Marcus Lange, who relieved us
from most of the ugly administrative work around such a project which
Real Coders (TM) don't like to do.

Additionally, without you people testing our previous releases, and
finding some ugly bugs we could fix meanwhile, 1.0 would not have had
the quality it has right now - kudos!


Have fun with this release, and don't forget to tell us the things we
screw up (or the things which we did right)!

Ciao
Frank

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[Reizinger Zoltán]

Hi Frank,

I tried to install it with extension manager as update, and not find it.

Later recognized that the beta and final version have different names.
After that I installed, beta and final version remained on my OOo, later
beta removed.

I suggest beta testers first remove beta version and after install final.
Thanks,
Zoltan

Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany írta:

> Hi,
>
> The MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org, formerly known as Sun MySQL
> Connector, formerly known as ... ehm, I don't remember ..., has been
> released in version 1.0.
>
> You might want to visit
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
>   for the detailed announcement (but hey, you already saw this blog
>   posting, right?)
>
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/mysql_connector
>   for the direct download
>
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0
>   for a little Getting Started guide
>
>
> I want to thank the MySQL side of our team for their work - we tried
> hard to break their underlying Connector/C(++), but if we really managed
> to, they quickly came back with a fix. How depressing!
>
> Also, I want to thank our program manager Marcus Lange, who relieved us
> from most of the ugly administrative work around such a project which
> Real Coders (TM) don't like to do.
>
> Additionally, without you people testing our previous releases, and
> finding some ugly bugs we could fix meanwhile, 1.0 would not have had
> the quality it has right now - kudos!
>
>
> Have fun with this release, and don't forget to tell us the things we
> screw up (or the things which we did right)!
>
> Ciao
> Frank
>
>  

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[Marcus Lange-2]

Hi Zoltan,

that's correct. Maybe you have already noticed that the product name has
changed a bit. Therefore we also had to change the filesnames to reflect
the new name. The consequence is that the update path is broken. But I
think it's OK when going from beta to final. ;-)

Best regards

Marcus



Reizinger Zoltán wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> I tried to install it with extension manager as update, and not find it.
>
> Later recognized that the beta and final version have different names.
> After that I installed, beta and final version remained on my OOo, later
> beta removed.
>
> I suggest beta testers first remove beta version and after install final.
> Thanks,
> Zoltan
>
> Frank Schoenheit, Sun Microsystems Germany írta:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org, formerly known as Sun MySQL
>> Connector, formerly known as ... ehm, I don't remember ..., has been
>> released in version 1.0.
>>
>> You might want to visit
>>
>> http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
>>   for the detailed announcement (but hey, you already saw this blog
>>   posting, right?)
>>
>> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/mysql_connector
>>   for the direct download
>>
>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0 
>>
>>   for a little Getting Started guide
>>
>>
>> I want to thank the MySQL side of our team for their work - we tried
>> hard to break their underlying Connector/C(++), but if we really managed
>> to, they quickly came back with a fix. How depressing!
>>
>> Also, I want to thank our program manager Marcus Lange, who relieved us
>> from most of the ugly administrative work around such a project which
>> Real Coders (TM) don't like to do.
>>
>> Additionally, without you people testing our previous releases, and
>> finding some ugly bugs we could fix meanwhile, 1.0 would not have had
>> the quality it has right now - kudos!
>>
>>
>> Have fun with this release, and don't forget to tell us the things we
>> screw up (or the things which we did right)!
>>
>> Ciao
>> Frank

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[Fernand Vanrie]

Frank ,

and at first glimp on my windows box: faster dan ODBC, cool stuff  :-)

Greetz
Fernand

>
> The MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org, formerly known as Sun MySQL
> Connector, formerly known as ... ehm, I don't remember ..., has been
> released in version 1.0.
>
> You might want to visit
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
>   for the detailed announcement (but hey, you already saw this blog
>   posting, right?)
>
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/mysql_connector
>   for the direct download
>
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0
>   for a little Getting Started guide
>
>
> I want to thank the MySQL side of our team for their work - we tried
> hard to break their underlying Connector/C(++), but if we really managed
> to, they quickly came back with a fix. How depressing!
>
> Also, I want to thank our program manager Marcus Lange, who relieved us
> from most of the ugly administrative work around such a project which
> Real Coders (TM) don't like to do.
>
> Additionally, without you people testing our previous releases, and
> finding some ugly bugs we could fix meanwhile, 1.0 would not have had
> the quality it has right now - kudos!
>
>
> Have fun with this release, and don't forget to tell us the things we
> screw up (or the things which we did right)!
>
> Ciao
> Frank
>
>  

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[Ariel Constenla-Haile]

Hello there,

is this still broken on Linux x86_64?
It only gives me a driver not found for this conn. url.

Regards
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La Plata, Argentina

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[Marcus Lange-2]

Hi Ariel,

I've tried it a second ago and I get the Linux x86-64 OXT file. Maybe it
helps to reload the website.

Or you can open the respective website directly:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/download/2907

Best regards

Marcus



Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> is this still broken on Linux x86_64?
> It only gives me a driver not found for this conn. url.
>
> Regards


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[Ariel Constenla-Haile]

Hello Marcus,

On Thursday 10 September 2009, 13:44, Marcus Lange wrote:
> I've tried it a second ago and I get the Linux x86-64 OXT file. Maybe it
> helps to reload the website.
>
> Or you can open the respective website directly:
> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/download/2907

I meant I could download it and install it, but it's just not working: when it
tries to establish a connection to the server, it shows a "driver not found
for the given url" message == it cannot load the driver.

By the way, is the wiki outdated?
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0#Select_the_type_of_the_driver
I don't see three options if I select MySQL (JDBC, ODBC, native).
I had to select the native connector in the wizard's first page, not MySQL on
the first and then native on the second.

Regards
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Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

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[drewjensen]

Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:

> Hello Marcus,
>
> On Thursday 10 September 2009, 13:44, Marcus Lange wrote:
>  
>> I've tried it a second ago and I get the Linux x86-64 OXT file. Maybe it
>> helps to reload the website.
>>
>> Or you can open the respective website directly:
>> http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/download/2907
>>    
>
> I meant I could download it and install it, but it's just not working: when it
> tries to establish a connection to the server, it shows a "driver not found
> for the given url" message == it cannot load the driver.
>
> By the way, is the wiki outdated?
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database/Drivers/MySQL_Native/1.0#Select_the_type_of_the_driver
> I don't see three options if I select MySQL (JDBC, ODBC, native).
> I had to select the native connector in the wizard's first page, not MySQL on
> the first and then native on the second.
>
> Regards
>  

Darn it - but there is still a problem...and if I sound mad later in
this email it is because I'm mad at the QA guy for not catching
it...which would be me.

Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit) - OO.o 3.1.1 - The latest driver from the extension
repository just now.

Opening current odb files, created using earlier alpha/beta versions of
the driver are working - apparently correctly.

Can not however, create any new odb files using native connection -
fails with a socket error. Putting nothing in the property for socket
fails with a socket name = the extension file name. (Tried the binary
that was sent last week and it fails identically...why didn't I try
that...#$%$#)

Also - to be sure, and just now . Went into Win 7, OO.o 3.1.1 and the
MySQL Connector 1.0 (although the one sent to me, not retrieved from the
extension site just now...hmm) and created a new file, connecting to the
MySQL server on the Ubuntu 9.04 server.

Opened this from under the Ubuntu desktop and changed the ip address in
properties - the file opens, the forms work, all appears well.

Tried to create a data source via the GUI - nope - still get the socket
error.

Will go back and try the actual binary file from the extension site
under Win7...arrrgh, then come back to Ubuntu and try with a fresh
install of OO.o - could be something with the stored settings from the
beta I suppose.

Drew


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[Ariel Constenla-Haile]

Hello Drew,

On Thursday 10 September 2009, 15:38, Drew Jensen wrote:
>could be something with the stored settings from the
> beta I suppose.

yes, removing /home/ariel/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages/cache/registry
solved the problem (I don't who is to blame here: the extension or the
configuration framework).

Regards
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Ariel Constenla-Haile
La Plata, Argentina

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[Marcus Lange-2]

Hi all,

so, the issues you are facing is:

- due to the changed product name the final version does not update the
beta version in Extension Manager and

- the connection problem due to the remaining beta configurationin OOo.

If others can confirm this I would add both things as limitation to the
information in the Extension Repository.

Thanks

Marcus



Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote:

> Hello Drew,
>
> On Thursday 10 September 2009, 15:38, Drew Jensen wrote:
>> could be something with the stored settings from the
>> beta I suppose.
>
> yes, removing /home/ariel/.openoffice.org/3/user/uno_packages/cache/registry
> solved the problem (I don't who is to blame here: the extension or the
> configuration framework).
>
> Regards

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