MySQL Connector for OpenOffice.org 1.0 - what about old versions of MySQL?

Clemens Molinari <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:07:25 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.openoffice.dba.user
Organization	pictory Media Solutions AG
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi,

I just installed the connector and tried to connect to my local host,
but it didn't work - I had not noticed that the connector needs MySQL
5.1, and mine is 3.23.

Normally I wouldn't care and just update, but there is a reason why I
write this mail.

Here in Germany we have an extremely popular opensource business
application named "CAO-Faktura". It only uses MySQL <5 and does not work
with 5.x, and because of the new licensing policy many people would like
to continue with their old MySQL versions. Many, many small to medium
companies use CAO and would love to use an elegant connector for
mailmerge, reporting etc.

Is there a way to make the connector work with old MySQL versions?

Regards
Clemens