Prerequisite

1. The Data Tools Platform (DTP) is required for setup DB connection, the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers distribution of Eclipse we mentioned in ZK Studio Essentials has already include DTP, so in most case it is not necessary to do extra Eclipse DTP plug-in installation.

2. Download MySQL Connector/J:

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

extract the zip file to a proper location.

Setup Database Connection in MySQL

1. Open Data Source Explorer via [Window]/[Show View]/[Data Source Explorer]: 
2. Если нету в списке Data Source Explorer, томеню Windows -> Show View -> Other:  появляется окно Show view со списком
   
   
   
   
   
3. Right click the Database Connection folder, select [New...].
   
   
   
4. Select the Database you suppose to connect ( MySQL 5.1 as the example in this document), you can type custom name and description for mnemonic, click  Next > .
   
   
   
5. On next page, click the New Driver Definition icon next to the "Drivers:" listbox.
   
   
   
6. On the popup window, select the Database Version in "Name/Type" tab.
   
   
   Swith to "Jar List" tab, click  Clear All  to clear the default false jar file location.
   
   
   then click  Add JAR/Zp... .
   
   
   Locate the jar file inside the folder that just extracted from downloaded MySQL Connectoer/J zip file.
   
   
   Switch to "Properties" tab, modify the database connection setting according to your MySQL Database configruation, then click  OK .
   
   
   
7. To verify if the setup is functional, click  Test Connection .
   
   
   It should popup a Ping succeeded message, Click  OK  to continue.
   
   
   
8. Press  Finish  to close the setup wizard window, And you should be able to see there's a Database icon in the Database Connections folder.
   
   
   

Note

1. Firewall of the System that install Database or security setting of the Database may prevent you from connect the DB successfully.
2. If you had specify the right MySQL Connector/J jar file before, then Step 4 & 5 can be skipped, you can directly modify the following field to match your MySQL Database configuration:
   
   then proceed the subsequent steps to finish setup.