使用kettle连接数据库——官方jdbc jar包下载以及布置安装

1.0前言

配置kettle 的spoon需要进行相关操作的时候，发现怎么也连不上，开始时第一反应是数据库的问题（我用的是服务器上的数据库），换了本地数据库去连接发现还是一样的错误：

2.0报错

错误连接数据库 [kettle] : org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: 
Error occurred while trying to connect to the database

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed.
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


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

Driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver' could not be found, make sure the 'MySQL' driver (jar file) is installed.
org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver


	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:477)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:373)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:344)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:334)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestReport(DatabaseFactory.java:83)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestResults(DatabaseFactory.java:112)
	at org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta.testConnectionSuccess(DatabaseMeta.java:2843)
	at org.pentaho.ui.database.event.DataHandler.testDatabaseConnection(DataHandler.java:631)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccesso