LibreOffice: 'com.mysql.jdbc.driver' cannot be loaded

Question

I am trying to connect LibreOffice Base with an MySQL database, in phpMyAdmin, with a JDBC-connection.

The first step is to select which database you want to select:

Answer 1

After following the above instructions and successfully connecting to the desired MySQL database, I discovered that tables containing 0000-00-00 00:00:00 in a DateTime field generated the error 'Value 0000-00-00 00:00:00' can not be loaded as java.sql.Timestamp. Finding references to "zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull" as the solution was easy; the tricky part was where to enter this in LibreOffice. The quick answer: Enter it as part of the Database name field - so 'mydatabase' would become 'mydatabase?zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull'. Running under Linux Mint / Ubuntu with a localhost server, this worked wonders. Happy data crunching!