Re: [libreoffice-users] Failure to connect LOBase client to Mariadb host server

On 06/05/2026 23:54, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
> With recent versions 24?, 25 and 26 of LOBase to a Mariadb on my home
> network, I have been experiencing a blocking connection error, using
> the MySQL/MariaDB <Connector.
>
> "TLS/SSL error: SSL is required, but the server does not support it"
>
> Other connection types also fail:
> a. ODBC returns the error, in spite of the correctly registered
> database name:
>
> "[unixODBC][Driver Manager]Data source name not found and no default
> driver specified]"
>
> By the way, the ODBC database browser window fails to show any
> registered databases, although the registered names and file paths,
> however, are displayed in the LO Database Options table.
>
> b. MySQL (JDBC) returns an error :
> "Driver class "" could not be loaded"
> (although "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" is entered in the field "MySQL JDBC
> driver class")
>
> I was able to continue to use the MySQL/MariaDB <Connector to overcome
> this problem for a while by installing LO from the LO website rather
> than the same ones available from OpenSUSE, but I prefer to take all my
> software, as far as possible, from the one source. The newest OpenSUSE
> Tumbleweed LO versions continue to fail to this day.
>
> Can anyone tell me what can I do to recover from this situation?

My experience is that it's always better to use the original product, 
rather than a bastardised version.

Peter HB

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