last_updated: 2009-07-22

How to explore (and edit) a MySQL server’s content conveniently in Eclipse.#

Prerequisites#

  1. mysql is running

  2. mysql-server is localhost (if not, substitute localhost with <your-server-name>)

Tested on Ubuntu 8.04, but should run everywhere with some modifications.

MySQL JDBC Connector#

This library serves as driver for the SQL Explorer:

libPath=$HOME/lib
cd /tmp
wget ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/mirror/www.mysql.com/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.tar.gz
tar zxvf mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.tar.gz
cp mysql-connector-java-5.1.7/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7-bin.jar $libPath

Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.tar.gz/from/pick#mirrors

(There’s a No thanks, just take me to the downloads! link on the bottom.)

SQL Explorer#

Window ‣ Open Perspective ‣ Other ‣ SQL Explorer

Create new Connection:

Connection ‣ Create New Connection Profile (first button)

  • Name: give it a name (e.g. root@localhost)

  • Driver: Add/Edit Drivers
    • select MySQL > Edit

      • Extra Class Path > Add > $libPath/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7-bin.jar

      • List Drivers (com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is fine)

      • OK

    • OK

  • URL: jdbc:mysql://localhost/

  • everything else is self-explanatory