In the "Select Operating System" dropdown, choose Platform Independent .
To use SQuirreL SQL with a MySQL database, you must manually install the official JDBC driver, known as . Because SQuirreL is a generic database client, it does not come pre-packaged with specific drivers due to licensing restrictions. 1. Download the MySQL JDBC Driver download mysql driver for squirrel
Open the downloaded file and locate the main executable file, which will look like mysql-connector-java-x.x.xx.jar or mysql-connector-j-x.x.xx.jar . 2. Register the Driver in SQuirreL SQL In the "Select Operating System" dropdown, choose Platform