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# MySQL

You can download this from MySQL Connector J Driver Download Page

### How to install MySQL driver

Follow these instructions to install the MySQL JDBC driver.

The file names may vary slightly if you use a different version of the driver.

1. Go to MySQL Connector J Driver Page
2. Download the file mysql-connector-java-5.1.13.tar.gz
   (Platform Independent Architecture Independent, Compressed TAR Archive)
3. Decompress the file by double clicking
4. Locate the JDBC driver jar file mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar (inside the decompressed archive)
5. Copy the jar file mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar to /Library/Java/Extensions
6. Restart SQLEditor - SQLEditor should then be able to use the driver correctly