# MySQL database faulted! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-database-faulted/18398 "2018-06-11T15:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-database-faulted/18398/8 "2018-06-13T11:25:19Z")
You'll need an updated JDBC driver and some extra connection properties: > [@Problems connecting Ignition to MySQL](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/problems-connecting-ignition-to-mysql/18175/2): > > This is an issue with the bundled JDBC driver (MySQL 8 changed enough things that it broke backwards compatibility). A new version of the driver will be in new installs in 7.9.9, but in the short term you can install ConnectorJ from MySQL directly: [https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/) and install it on your system (refer to [this page](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/JDBC+Drivers+and+Translators) for more info). At a minimum, you’ll need to change the default ‘Extra Connection Properties’ to have zeroDateTimeBehavior=CONVERT\_TO\_NULL; and probably al… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mysql-database-faulted/18398)._