Admin: MySQL Configuration

This section describes how to create and configure MySQL Data Source Name (DSN). Please follow the steps below.  Please note that you may skip steps 1 – 3 if you have already installed the ODBC driver. 

1. In a web browser, navigate tohttp://www.mysql.com/products/connector/ o download the driver. 

2. In the download folder, double click mysql-connector-odbc-8.0.23-winx64.msi.   

3. In the MySQL Connector/ODBC 8.0 setup Window, click Next and follow the required steps to install the driver. 

   

4. Once you have successfully installed the driver, go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Administrative Tools and click ODBC Data Sources (64-bit).

5. In the ODBC Data Source Administrator Window, click the System DSN tab. 

6. Click the Add… button to create a new Data Source. 

7. Find and select MySQL ODBC 8.0 Unicode Driver and click Finish. 

   

8. In the MySQL Connector/ODBC Data Source Configuration Window, configure the following details: 

   • Data Source Name  

   • TCP/IP Server: the host server (IP address or a server name). 

   • Port: the server port number. Only numerical values are accepted.  The default server port is 3306. 

   • User: the database username. 

   • Password: the database password.  

   • Database: the database name.

     

9. Click the Test Connection button. Once the connection has been made successfully, click the OK button to create the DSN.