Pentaho Data Integration SQL connection

Question

I am using Pentaho Data Integration and I am trying to connect to my database via MySQL but when I do I get this error.....

Error connecting to database [devdb2] : org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Error occured while trying to connect to the database

Exception while loading class
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Error occured while trying to connect to the database

Exception while loading class
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:368)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:317)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:279)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:269)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestReport(DatabaseFactory.java:86)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta.testConnection(DatabaseMeta.java:2464)
    at org.pentaho.ui.database.event.DataHandler.testDatabaseConnection(DataHandler.java:533)
    at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor55.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulDomContainer.invoke(AbstractXulDomContainer.java:329)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:139)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:123)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton.access$500(SwtButton.java:26)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton$4.widgetSelected(SwtButton.java:119)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820)
    at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtDialog.show(SwtDialog.java:378)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtDialog.show(SwtDialog.java:304)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.XulDatabaseDialog.open(XulDatabaseDialog.java:115)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.DatabaseDialog.open(DatabaseDialog.java:62)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.delegates.SpoonDBDelegate.newConnection(SpoonDBDelegate.java:493)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.delegates.SpoonDBDelegate.newConnection(SpoonDBDelegate.java:478)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.newConnection(Spoon.java:7770)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulDomContainer.invoke(AbstractXulDomContainer.java:329)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:139)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:123)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtMenuitem.access$100(SwtMenuitem.java:27)
    at org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtMenuitem$1.widgetSelected(SwtMenuitem.java:77)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source)
    at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.readAndDispatch(Spoon.java:1183)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.start(Spoon.java:6966)
    at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.main(Spoon.java:567)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.pentaho.commons.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:134)
Caused by: org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Exception while loading class
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver

    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:423)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:352)
    ... 50 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
    at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:414)
    ... 51 more

If I used SQLite as my Connection Type it works but no data is returned when I goto explore it. So my question is how do I get MySQL working or get the data using SQLite?

Am I missing a library or a class?

Dean_Schulze_34372 · Answer

You need to download mysql-connector-java-5.1.46.tar.gz, not the latest version. The Driver class that Pentaho uses is not included in mysql-connector-java-8.xx.yy versions.

user_7134209 · Answer

At the present time, there is a simple way to fix this problem:

Go to Tools → MarketPlace and search for "PDI MySQL Plugin"
Install it ( this will automatically install the missing driver here: data-integration\plugins\databases\pdi-mysql-plugin\lib )
Restart Pentaho
Done.

user_10190605 · Answer

To be concise and precise download the compatible jdbc (.jar) file compatible with your MySql version and put it in lib folder. For example for MySQL 8.0.2 download Connector/J 8.0.20

user_9129885 · Answer

Above answers were helpful, but for unknown reasons they did not seem to work. So if you have already installed MySql workbench on your system, instead of downloading the jar files and struggling with the correct version just go to

C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\Connector J 8.0

and copy mysql-connector-java-8.0.12 (does not matter what version it is) the jar file in that location and paste it to C:\Program Files\pentaho\design-tools\data-integration\lib

user_8221706 · Answer

First of all you need to download Mysql connector which is compatible with your pentaho version.after that paste it to data-integration/lib folder and restart your pentaho. check this https://help.pentaho.com/Documentation/8.1/Setup/JDBC_Drivers_Reference#MY_SQL

Pentaho Data Integration SQL connection

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