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Unable to connect to a DB2 8.x database [message #56231] Wed, 13 May 2009 16:21 Go to next message
JSP is currently offline JSP Friend
Messages: 18
Registered: July 2009
Junior Member
I am using Datatools 1.6.2 (although this didn't work in 1.6.1 either).

When I select DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows from the Connection Profile
Types and then open the "New Driver Definition" dialog, I only see the
following two options:

IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC V9.1
Other Driver V9.1

The problem is that I am using an 8.x driver and nothing shows up for
previous versions of DB2.

I get this error when I attempt to test the connection:
java.lang.AbstractMethodError: com.ibm.db2.jcc.a.f.getJDBCMajorVersion()I
at
org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WJDBCConnection.initVersions(JDBCLUWJDBCConnection.java:59)
at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.inte rnalCreateConnection(DriverConnectionBase.java:112)
at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.open (DriverConnectionBase.java:53)
at
org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WConnectionFactory.createConnection(JDBCLUWConnectionFactory .java:27)
at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionFactor yProvider.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryProvider.java:83 )
at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfil e.createConnection(ConnectionProfile.java:355)
at
org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.createTestConn ection(PingJob.java:76)
at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.run(PingJob.ja va:59)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)

I can actually connect if I use the Generic JDBC connection profile type
but that gives me another issue, plus I can't get any information when my
code accesses the connection profile because it's generic.

Am I doing something wrong? Are previous versions of DB2 not supported
any more?

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Re: Unable to connect to a DB2 8.x database [message #57020 is a reply to message #56231] Thu, 18 June 2009 00:17 Go to previous message
Brian Payton is currently offline Brian PaytonFriend
Messages: 154
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
Earlier versions of DB2 for LUW, such as v8.2, are is still supported.
The Connection Profile dialog only seems to know about v9.1, but you can
tell it that your database is 9.1 and it should work OK. The problem in
this case might be that the JDBC driver you are using is old enough that
it doesn't match the version of Java the code was compiled with.

You can get new DB2 JDBC drivers by downloading DB2 Express-C (a free
download) from http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.htm l
After installing it you can find the JDBC drivers in the
<install location>/java directory. I think you need the db2jcc.jar and
db2jcc_license_cu.jar. You can add the jar paths in the "Jar List" tab
of the Driver Definition wizard for the connection profile.

JSP wrote:
> I am using Datatools 1.6.2 (although this didn't work in 1.6.1 either).
>
> When I select DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows from the Connection
> Profile Types and then open the "New Driver Definition" dialog, I only
> see the following two options:
>
> IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC V9.1
> Other Driver V9.1
>
> The problem is that I am using an 8.x driver and nothing shows up for
> previous versions of DB2.
>
> I get this error when I attempt to test the connection:
> java.lang.AbstractMethodError: com.ibm.db2.jcc.a.f.getJDBCMajorVersion()I
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WJDBCConnection.initVersions(JDBCLUWJDBCConnection.java:59)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.inte rnalCreateConnection(DriverConnectionBase.java:112)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.open (DriverConnectionBase.java:53)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WConnectionFactory.createConnection(JDBCLUWConnectionFactory .java:27)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionFactor yProvider.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryProvider.java:83 )
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfil e.createConnection(ConnectionProfile.java:355)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.createTestConn ection(PingJob.java:76)
>
> at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.run(PingJob.ja va:59)
> at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
>
> I can actually connect if I use the Generic JDBC connection profile type
> but that gives me another issue, plus I can't get any information when
> my code accesses the connection profile because it's generic.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Are previous versions of DB2 not supported
> any more?
>
>
>
>

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Re: Unable to connect to a DB2 8.x database [message #595974 is a reply to message #56231] Thu, 18 June 2009 00:17 Go to previous message
Brian Payton is currently offline Brian PaytonFriend
Messages: 154
Registered: July 2009
Senior Member
Earlier versions of DB2 for LUW, such as v8.2, are is still supported.
The Connection Profile dialog only seems to know about v9.1, but you can
tell it that your database is 9.1 and it should work OK. The problem in
this case might be that the JDBC driver you are using is old enough that
it doesn't match the version of Java the code was compiled with.

You can get new DB2 JDBC drivers by downloading DB2 Express-C (a free
download) from http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.htm l
After installing it you can find the JDBC drivers in the
<install location>/java directory. I think you need the db2jcc.jar and
db2jcc_license_cu.jar. You can add the jar paths in the "Jar List" tab
of the Driver Definition wizard for the connection profile.

JSP wrote:
> I am using Datatools 1.6.2 (although this didn't work in 1.6.1 either).
>
> When I select DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows from the Connection
> Profile Types and then open the "New Driver Definition" dialog, I only
> see the following two options:
>
> IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC V9.1
> Other Driver V9.1
>
> The problem is that I am using an 8.x driver and nothing shows up for
> previous versions of DB2.
>
> I get this error when I attempt to test the connection:
> java.lang.AbstractMethodError: com.ibm.db2.jcc.a.f.getJDBCMajorVersion()I
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WJDBCConnection.initVersions(JDBCLUWJDBCConnection.java:59)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.inte rnalCreateConnection(DriverConnectionBase.java:112)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.open (DriverConnectionBase.java:53)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.ibm.db2.internal.luw.JDBCLU WConnectionFactory.createConnection(JDBCLUWConnectionFactory .java:27)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionFactor yProvider.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryProvider.java:83 )
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfil e.createConnection(ConnectionProfile.java:355)
>
> at
> org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.createTestConn ection(PingJob.java:76)
>
> at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.run(PingJob.ja va:59)
> at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
>
> I can actually connect if I use the Generic JDBC connection profile type
> but that gives me another issue, plus I can't get any information when
> my code accesses the connection profile because it's generic.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Are previous versions of DB2 not supported
> any more?
>
>
>
>

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