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connecting to mysql using oracle sqldeveloper

Topic ID: 2998
Created By: 2008-FEB-01 19:54:25 [Vitaliy]
Updated By: 2008-FEB-01 19:54:25 [Vitaliy]
Status: Open
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Issue
Trying to connect to MySQL database using Oracle's SQL-Developer receiving the 
following error message:

   Status: Failure -com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
or
   Status: Failure -Unable to find driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Solution
Download mysql JDBC connector from:
   http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html

extract it on your PC and take the following file:
   mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar

... place it into sqldeveloper\sqldeveloper\extensions

then go to sqldeveloper -> Tools -> Preferences
   Database -> Third Party JDBC Drivers
click "Add Entry" and select mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar

restart sqldeveloper and you should be able to connect to mysql at this point.