In order for Easy Catalog’s ODBC extension to connect to a MySQL server, you need to have an ODBC DSN already configured.
- Download and install the ODBC Administrator from iodbc.org
- Download and install the driver from dev.mysql.com
- Open the ODBC app and click on “System DSN”
- Click “Add” and choose the appropriate driver
- Name your source and add Keyword/Value pairs like this
- HOST: server IP or domain
- USER: username
- PASSWORD: password
- DATABASE: dbname
