Creating a new Driver/DataSource in Visual Administrator

Question

Hello,
I have been struggling to create a Data Source for a SQL Server DB in Visual Admin. I did the following.
1) Created a new Driver MSSQL, added to it msutil.jar, mssqlserver.jar and msbase.jar.
2) Created a new data source gave it a name, description
- Selected the MSSQL driver which I just created
- JDBC Version 1.x
- Driver class:
   com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver.class
- Database URL:
jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://xxx.xxx.xx.xx:1433;databaseName=TestDB
3)Tried both Open SQL and Vendor SQL as database engines.
4) Gave the appropriate user id and password
With the above configuration when I entered a SQL Statement in the 'DB Initialization' tab and executed it, I got a SQL Server Driver Class not found exception.
My second configuration was to use the JDBC Version 2.0
with the following settings:
1) Use the same MSSQL driver which I created
2) JDBC Version 2.0
3) Object Factory: com.microsoft.jdbcx.sqlServer.SQLServerDataSourceFactory
4) DataSource Type: ConnectionPoolDataSource
5) CPDS classname: com.microsoft.jdbcx.sqlServer.SQLServerDataSource
6) Gave the required key, values in the 'Additional' Tab
7) Chose Vendor SQL as the SQL Engine.
With the second configuration I can connect and talk to the database.
Why would I not be able to connect to the DB in my first configuration? Are there any other configuration steps I am missing for using the JDBC 1.0?
Thanks,
Asheesh

Answer 1

If you are trying to create a new DBPool then you can use the OSS note 706216. This describes the method of adding the connection pools using the commands in the telnet console
I hope this helps
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