[opencms-dev] error configuring mysql driver during opencms install

[Christoph P. Kukulies]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 03:02:52PM +0100, marco a reyna wrote:
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>             Hi :
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>             I hope you can help me, when i try to install opencms i get
> the next message error “Error to connect using the given parameters,
> opencms recommend the dirver mysql-connector-5.0.8.bin.jar .....”

Can you be a bit more specific? What happens when you are doing what?
What is in WEB-INF/logs/setup.log, opencms.log?

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>             I cant fix it, i can access mysql easily from the shell just
> by typing mysql, the parameters wich i provide to the installer are
> jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306 and the user and password for connecting,
> i´ve been testing the user and password and are ok.
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>             I´m installing opencms on a mandriva 07 spring linux
> installation with tomcat 6, i build mysql and the directory where i
> built mysql is /usr/local/mysql, i dont know wether it may cause some
> problem, the mysql driver suggested is located inside the directory
> $TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/opencms/WEB-INF/lib so i think i dont have any
> problem about it unless i required another driver. ¿ could you give me
> some hint ?.

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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies (at) rwth-aachen.de