> yum search odbc > > What you're looking for is the unixODBC package. In CentOS it includes > an ODBC driver for MySQL as well. > >> Or, is the ODBC driver the same as the sql-connector-java-5.0.8 driver? That one >> I do have; I set up OpenOffice to point to that one too as I did for the JDBC Driver. > > No, anything with "java" in the name is JDBC, not ODBC. > > Google is your friend as well: > http://www.google.ca/search?q=openoffice+odbc+linux > > The first one is a tutorial on how to connect OOo to MySQL, quite old > though. The second one is an article in Linux.com with some > information on JDBC vs. ODBC. > > In general, however, I agree with Matt that your problem is OOo > related and asking on an OOo list would be more fruitful. > > Filipe Now why didn't I think of that?!? I will and if I find a solution I'll post it on this thread thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008