Load OpenOffice. Go to Tools -> Options -> OpenOffice.org -> java -> Class Path -> Add Archive. Then browse to the java driver mysql- connector-java-3.0.17-ga-bin.jar as indicated above. This will include the driver in your class path.
I hope it is useful. -- OpenOffice 2.0.2 Base crashes while trying to load JDBC driver https://launchpad.net/bugs/50063 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs