The driver supports Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in IPv4 format. Addresses in IPv6 format are not supported.

If your network supports named servers, the server name specified in the data source can resolve to an IPv4 address.

In the following connection string example, the IP address for the MySQL server is specified in IPv4 format:

DRIVER=DataDirect 8.0 MySQL Wire Protocol;HOST=123.456.78.90;PORT=3306;
DB=MYSQLACCT;UID=JOHN;PWD=XYZZYYou