I can't connect to a mysql database in OOo (the one as in SuSE-8.2) The error in OOo says: 'Could not load the program library libodbc.so or it is corrupted. The ODBC data source selection is not available.' Can anyone help? Cheers, Steve. I have unixODBC working It seems (xxxxxx is the password): :~> isql MySQL-test test xxxxxx +---------------------------------------+ | Connected! | | | | sql-statement | | help [tablename] | | quit | | | +---------------------------------------+ SQL> show databases +---------+ | Database| +---------+ | mysql | | test | +---------+ 2 rows affected 2 rows returned SQL> ----------------------------- here is /etc/unixODBC/odbcinst.ini [MySQL] Driver = /usr/lib/unixODBC/libmyodbc.so FileUsage = 1 ---------------------------- and /etc/unixODBC/odbc.ini [MySQL-test] Driver = MySQL Server = localhost Database = test Port = 3306