BC4J connect to Microsoft SQL*Server via Allaire Jrun JDBC

Question

This post is in answer to Matteo Tamburini's questions about
connecting to SQL*Server using the allaire jdbc drivers.
see Re: Version 10.1.0.3.03 of Oracle Data Provider for .NET
These drivers are available for download from Macromedia at:
http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=22399&Method=Full
They are shipped as one jar file: jrun_drivers.jar
I installed it into <jdev_home>\lib
To make a connection from designtime, follow (roughly)
the steps in the HowTo walkthrough:
Notice that the JDBC driver class is:
allaire.jrun.jdbc.JRunDriver
and the URL is something like:
jdbc:jrun:sqlserver://machinenane:1433;Selectmethod=cursor
There are two gotchas:
1. the Selectmethod=cursor is important
2. you will get an error saying that the class
allaire/jrun/servlet/JRunSE
can't be found.
Indeed - that package is not to be found inside the .jar
file; I suspect it is a rogue import in the source.
The workaround is to ask the VM not to verify classes - do this
by specifying -Xverify:none in the Java Options box of the
"Runner" tab of project properties.
I did successfully test a project deployed as a JSP inside OC4J:
the caveats are that you have to enter the jar file location
in j2ee\home\config\application.xml (as in Matteo's thread)
and that the -Xverify:none switch needs to go on the CLIENT
project, because it launches the embedded OC4J
hope all this helps, Karl McHorton (BC4J Development)

Answer 1

Well, you must have tested to make sure that the socket value is indeed the correct value. But with that error, and you are certain that the socket value is correct, then it becomes difficult.