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How to Activate MySQL Vendor Support

A JDBC connection to MySQL requires you to download the MySQL driver from the MySQL web site and install the driver in the appropriate Connector Xpress and Java CS libraries directories. To activate MySQL vendor support, do the following:

1. Download the mysql-connector_java-5.0.8.tar.gz archive from the following location:

   http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html

2. Extract the jar filemysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar and copy it to the following locations:

   jcs_dir/extlib/

   conxp_dir/lib/

3. Shutdown and restart the Java CS service.
4. Shutdown and restart all Connector Xpress sessions.