(In reply to AJ from comment #13)
You couldn't get it working, because the direct connection from LO is a connection to MariaDB. So newer versions of MySQL might be not supported with direct connection.
Again: JDBC connection will work. Have a look at Base Guide https://books.libreoffice.org/en/BG73/BG7302-CreatingADatabase.html#toc9
(In reply to AJ from comment #13)
You couldn't get it working, because the direct connection from LO is a connection to MariaDB. So newer versions of MySQL might be not supported with direct connection.
Again: JDBC connection will work. Have a look at Base Guide /books. libreoffice. org/en/ BG73/BG7302- CreatingADataba se.html# toc9
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