Creating OOo Data Source under SUSE 9.2

Hey gang, I'm just not getting this JDBC driver thing for connecting to MySQL from OpenOffice.org. I tried the driver that came with SUSE 9.2, /usr/shar/java/mysql-connector-java-3.0.11.jar, and tried the one mentioned in the OOo help file (mm.mysql-2.0.4-bin.jar). I have tried using the syntax below with & w/out the brackets, with & w/out the "3306" port #. I've changed "localhost" to "hostname" (using the actualy hostname, for clarification): No connection could be established for the URL jdbc:mysql://<localhost>/ I've also tried leaving of the "mysql://" portion, per one of the examples in the OOo help text. can anyone tell me what I need to do to correct this? Many thanks in advance, Don -- DC Parris GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere!"