Index: unix_installer/installer-package/lams.properties
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diff -u -r0965ee8a6bd49be2d53cad08225f707b32a61674 -rc6a8998567722aec174bb639b1fb4d81dece93d8
--- unix_installer/installer-package/lams.properties	(.../lams.properties)	(revision 0965ee8a6bd49be2d53cad08225f707b32a61674)
+++ unix_installer/installer-package/lams.properties	(.../lams.properties)	(revision c6a8998567722aec174bb639b1fb4d81dece93d8)
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 # 
 #   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt 
 #
-#   Author: Luke Foxton 
 
 #########################################################################################
 # Installation Options									#
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@
 
 
 
-
 #########################################################################################
 # Essential Settings									#
 # These setting must be correct in order for the install to complete successfully	#
@@ -76,11 +74,15 @@
 JDK_DIR=/usr/bin/java/jdk1.6.0_01/
 
 # The location of your mysql executable (Must be 5.0 or higher)
-SQL_DIR=/usr/bin/
+SQL_DIR=/usr/bin
 
-# The URL that you jdbc driver will be running through
-SQL_URL=jdbc:mysql://localhost/${DB_NAME}?characterEncoding=utf8
+# The location of your MySql server, leave as localhost unless you are useing MySql on
+# a separate server
+SQL_HOST=localhost
 
+# The URL that your jdbc driver will be running through
+SQL_URL=jdbc:mysql://${SQL_HOST}/${DB_NAME}?characterEncoding=utf8&autoReconnect=true
+
 # The root password to access the database
 DB_ROOT_PASSWORD=
 
@@ -117,5 +119,8 @@
 SQL_DRIVER=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
 SQL_JAR=mysql-connector-java-3.1.12-bin.jar
 
+# The URL of the default mysql database
+MYSQL_DB_URL=jdbc:mysql://${SQL_HOST}/mysql?characterEncoding=utf8
+
 #########################################################################################