Hi there! I’m dealing with a really annoying problem and could use some advice. When I use the MySQL Excel plugin to access my database, it just keeps loading forever and never actually connects. After waiting too long, Excel stops responding completely and I have to close it. This happens every single time I try to connect to one particular database. I’ve already reinstalled different versions of the MySQL Excel add-in and tried older ones too. I also made sure the MySQL driver is properly installed on my computer. Nothing seems to fix this issue though. The weird part is that MySQL Workbench connects to the same database just fine, so I know the database itself is working. Has anyone else run into this before? Maybe there’s some setting I’m missing or something wrong with my Windows configuration? I’m getting pretty frustrated and would really appreciate any ideas you might have.
Had this exact same issue six months ago - drove me crazy for weeks. Turned out to be an ODBC driver conflict. MySQL Workbench worked fine, but Excel was using a different connection method that didn’t play nice with my setup. Fixed it by downloading MySQL Connector/ODBC straight from Oracle’s site and doing a clean install. Make sure you remove old ODBC drivers first through Windows’ ODBC Data Source Administrator. Had to restart after installing for it to work. Loading issue vanished immediately. Check Windows Event Viewer too - it’ll show specific errors that point to what’s actually causing the hang.
This happens when Excel tries to load huge result sets and can’t manage memory properly. I hit the same issue with a database containing millions of rows. The MySQL Excel add-in just doesn’t handle memory as well as Workbench does. Connect to your database but limit your queries first - throw in WHERE clauses or LIMIT statements to see if that fixes the hanging. Also check you’ve got enough RAM available when Excel starts connecting. What worked for me was closing other apps before trying the database connection. Excel gets pretty memory-hungry when processing database queries. If smaller queries work fine, you’ll know it’s a resource problem, not a config issue.
sounds like a timeout issue. try increasing the connection timeout in excel’s data settings - default is often too low for some dbs. also, double check if ur firewall is blocking excel but allowing workbench.
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