The MySQL server, as some of the other GNOME-DB servers, provides a mapping between the MySQL native API and the GNOME-DB model.
To configure a GDA data source for accessing a MySQL database, you'll need to provide the following information:
GDA Name: the one that more suits your needs
Provider: gda-mysql
DSN: this is a ';'-separated list of options to be passed to the MySQL backend. This includes:
HOST: name of the host on which the backend is running
DATABASE: name of the database to be accessed
USERNAME: the name of the user to connect to the server
PASSWORD: the password to use for the server
PORT: number of the port to be used to connect to the backend
UNIX_SOCKET: path to the UNIX socket (check MySQL docs)
FLAGS: connection flags
Description: to your choice
Configurator: None