# Database not storing tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** database, ignition80\ **Created:** [April 9, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808 "2020-04-09T04:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![vicente.agosin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a6a055/32.png) [@vicente.agosin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vicente.agosin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808/3 "2020-04-16T22:01:16Z")
Hello. Thank you for the answer. After some time, I finally got it functioning, from this post on the forum: > [@No tag Historian tables created in database](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/no-tag-historian-tables-created-in-database/19781/21): > > Was having the similar issues as of Ignition version 8.0.3 using MySQL version 5.7-- tables weren’t being created even though the connection was valid and rooted. I could create tables using the DB query browser. Restarting gateway didn’t help. I was able to resolve the issue by manually adding the Connector/J (I used version 8.0.17) as a custom driver using all the regular options you’d use in the default-provided MySQL Connector/J driver. New connections using this custom driver worked. I’m … I got some ideas, and finally the way to make it to work was creating a new tag, and give the Historian settings in the creation of the Tag. Also to give full credentials to the mysql user associated with the Ignition tags, and then everything worked. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-not-storing-tags/33808)._