Wiki source code of JDBC and Entity Modeler

Version 20.1 by Lachlan Scott on 2007/07/10 19:57

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		1	Problem: You encounter the 'JDBC connection failed for driver ...' error message when trying to generate SQL in Entity Modeler.
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		3	Discussion: either the JDBC driver genuinely cannot be found, or more likely perhaps, your JDBC settings in Entity Modeler are incorrect.
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		5	Checking the JDBC driver is in your CLASSPATH:
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		7	On the Mac, if JDBC drivers are added to /Library/Java/Extensions they should be picked up automatically by Eclipse. Check your classpath settings in Eclipse as follows:
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		9	Right-click the project in Package Explorer
		10	Select Java Build Path from the left hand list, and Libraries from the tabs in the main field
		11	Open the JRE System Library list, and you should see your available JDBC driver see screenshot
		12	If you cannot see your driver listed, you must add it. instructions required
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		14	Checking the JDBC settings in Entity Modeler:
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		16	Check that the settings for your JDBC driver are correct. Details should be provided by the suppliers. MySQL settings are shown in the screenshot see screenshot. Note that drivers have peculiar use of upper and lower case and that these must be correct for the driver to function.
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		18	MySQL JDBC driver settings:
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		20	URL: jdbc:mysql:~/~/<hostname>/<database//name>. eg. jdbc:mysql:~/~/localhost/authors
		21	Driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver//
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		23	OpenBase JDBC driver settings:
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		25	URL: jdbc:openbase:~/~/<hostname>/<database//name>. eg. jdbc:openbase:~/~/localhost/authors
		26	Driver: com.openbase.jdbc.ObDriver
		27	//