MySQL: ODBC Driver Installation

MySQL version 4.1.1 and higher

Before you can connect to a MySQL data repository in SQLWays, you must install the MySQL ODBC Driver (Connector/ODBC).

• You can download from the MySQL official website.

• You need to choose install for Windows: “Windows MSI Installer Connector-ODBC”.

• On the “Welcome” page you just need to click “Next” button:

• Read and accept the License Agreement

• Select the Custom setup type

• Click the “Install” button and wait for the installation process is finished

• Click the “Finish” button

After you installed the client the “ODBC Data Source Administrator” (Select the Windows Control Panel → Administrative Tools → Data Sources (ODBC) option. The ODBC Data Source Administrator window is displayed.) must be updated with the driver appropriate to the build installed, like in the picture below:

If the appropriate MySQL driver can be seen in the “ODBC Data Source Administrator”, the driver installation has completed successfully.

Then set up the ODBC connection the way it is described in the article: ODBC Driver Configuration

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