Cannot connect to MySQL 5.1

1. To connect to the database, create a data source that will store your connection details. You can do this using one of the following ways:

   • In the main menu, go to File | New | Data Source and select MySQL.

   • In the Database Explorer ( View | Tool Windows | Database Explorer) , click the New icon () in the toolbar. Navigate to Data Source and select MySQL.

   

2. Click the Driver link and select MySQL for 5.1.

3. To download JDBC drivers for MySQL 5.1, click the Download link at the bottom of the dialog.

4. Specify the database connection details. Alternatively, paste the JDBC URL in the URL field.

   To delete a password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.

   

   For the reference information about connection settings (for example, Host, Port, and so on) on the General and other tabs of Data Sources and Drivers dialog (CtrlAltShift0S) , see Data Sources.

5. Ensure that the connection to the database can be established using the provided details. To do that, click the Test Connection link at the bottom of the connection details area.

   

   In case of any connection issues, refer to the Cannot connect to a database page.

6. (Optional) By default, only the default schema is introspected and available to work with. If you also want to work with other schemas, in the Schemas tab, select them for the introspection.

   

7. Click OK to create the data source.

8. Find your new data source in Database Explorer () .

   • For more information about Database Explorer, see the corresponding reference topic.

     tip

     To see more schemas under your new data source node, click the N of M button and select the ones you need. DataGrip will introspect and show them.

     

     For more information about displaying schemas in Database Explorer, refer to the Show all databases or schemas tutorial.

   • For more information about working with database objects in DataGrip, refer to Database objects.

   • To write and run queries, open the default query console by clicking the data source and pressing F4.

   • To view and edit data of a database object, open Data editor and viewer by double-clicking the object.

Specify the database connection details. Alternatively, paste the JDBC URL in the URL field.

To delete a password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.

1. Open data source properties. You can open data source properties by using one of the following options:

   • Navigate to File | Data Sources....

   • Press CtrlAltShift0S.

   • In the Database Explorer ( View | Tool Windows | Database Explorer), click the Data Source Properties icon ().

   

2. Click the Driver link and select Go to Driver.

3. In the Driver Files pane, click the ver. *.*.*.* link and select 5.1.40.

4. Click the created MySQL data source entry.

5. Specify the database connection details. Alternatively, paste the JDBC URL in the URL field.

   To delete a password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.

   

   For the reference information about connection settings (for example, Host, Port, and so on) on the General and other tabs of Data Sources and Drivers dialog (CtrlAltShift0S) , see Data Sources.

6. Ensure that the connection to the database can be established using the provided details. To do that, click the Test Connection link at the bottom of the connection details area.

   

   In case of any connection issues, refer to the Cannot connect to a database page.

7. (Optional) By default, only the default schema is introspected and available to work with. If you also want to work with other schemas, in the Schemas tab, select them for the introspection.

   

8. Click OK to create the data source.

9. Find your new data source in Database Explorer () .

   • For more information about Database Explorer, see the corresponding reference topic.

     tip

     To see more schemas under your new data source node, click the N of M button and select the ones you need. DataGrip will introspect and show them.

     

     For more information about displaying schemas in Database Explorer, refer to the Show all databases or schemas tutorial.

   • For more information about working with database objects in DataGrip, refer to Database objects.

   • To write and run queries, open the default query console by clicking the data source and pressing F4.

   • To view and edit data of a database object, open Data editor and viewer by double-clicking the object.

Specify the database connection details. Alternatively, paste the JDBC URL in the URL field.

To delete a password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.