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Obtain and Install the Driver for MySQL
Obtain and install the JDBC driver for MySQL
1. Query the web for “MySQL driver’. Pick one of the reputable web sites, for example:
https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/
2. Find the MySQL JDBC driver distributed as a TAR or zip file for the version of MySQL that you need. If you need an older version of the JDBC driver, you can download it from:
https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/c-j/
3. After extracting the JDBC driver (mysql-connector-java-<ver>-bin.jar) from the tar or zip file.
4. Copy it to the appropriate TDV installation directory:
<TDV_install_dir>\conf\adapters\system\mysql_<ver>
5. Add the Connector/J location to your Java CLASSPATH.
6. Restart the TDV Server.
Refer to the Installation guide for more details about the supported versions.