Initializing oracle asmlib driver failed

Hi
we are in the process of setting up oracleasm driver for linux and we are getting the following error when issuing oracleasm configure command
initializing oracle asmlib driver failed
Following are the packages i have
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4
oracleasmlib-2.0.4-1.el4
oracleasm-support-2.1.3-1.el4
Following is my kernel vesion
uname -ar
Linux 2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.ELSMP #1 SMP i686 i686 i386 GNU/LINUX
I even tried after disabling SE linux
# /usr/sbin/setenforce 0
/usr/sbin/setenforce : SELinux is disabled
(rebooted as well)
But still i am getting the same error..Is there anyway to fix this ?
Thanks
Pramod

Hi,
you installed the wrong
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.EL-2.0.5-1.el4
Your kernel is:
2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.ELSMP
so you need
oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.0.0.1.ELSMP-2.0.5-1.el4
You should find that on the CD on ULN or setup your server for public-yum.
http://public-yum.oracle.com
Regards
Sebastian

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Hi Dude,
Thanks.
And how it is connected with the ASM instance - I mean ASMlib, why it cannot be unmounted while ASM instance is running?
I thought that ASMlib is used for device management - labeling, connecting to /dev/oracleasm so it has not 'real' efect on ASM itself. I think it is just preparing devices for AMS so this is why I do not understand why it cannot be umnounted. Like separate process helping to user/admin deal with the devices, not helping ASM itself.
I am not against ASMlib (I will try udev, but ASMlib is simplifying things - at least for me ) - I saw there are many discussion, it is not my case, just wish to understand clearly.

Insert into CLOB fails with Oracle ODBC driver version 9.02.00.65

I tried to insert into CLOB using the latest Oracle ODBC driver 9.02.00.65 and it fails. But the same works with earlier versions of ODBC driver earlier to 9.02.00.65 ie., 9.02.00.63.
Here is the code snippet I tried. Any help now is highly appreciated as I am in the crunch time.
I tried the same code snippet with VARCHAR2 column with the same driver and it works.
** CONVDSN.C - This is the ODBC sample code for
** creating File DSN pointers to machine DSNs.
**This code is furnished on an as-is basis as part of the ODBC SDK and is
**intended for example purposes only.
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <sql.h>
#include <sqlext.h>
#include <odbcinst.h>
#include <sqltypes.h>
#define MAXDATALEN 25 //maximum data length per column
#define MAX_COL 15 //maximum column in result set
#define MAX_ROW 100 //maximum number of rows
#define MAXBUFLEN 256
#define SQLERR_FORMAT "SQL Error State:%s, Native Error Code: %lX, ODBC Error: %s"
#define MAXDISPLAYSIZE MAX_COL*(MAXDATALEN+1)
#define SQLWRNMSGTITLE "SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO results"
#define SQLERRCNTDTITLE "SQL_ERROR results continued"
#define SQLWRNMSGTITLE "SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO results"
#define SQLWRNCNTDTITLE "SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO results continued"
#define NULLDATASTRING "SQL_NULL_DATA"
#define SQLERRMSGTITLE "SQL_ERROR results"
// prototypes
void ExpandFileName(LPSTR szFileDSNName, LPCSTR szDSNName);
void MakeLegalName(LPSTR szLegalDSNName, LPCSTR szDSNName);
// main routine: Iterate through the user and system DSNs, creating a pointer
// to each.
void FAR PASCAL DisplayError(SQLRETURN nResult, HWND hWnd, SWORD fHandleType, SQLHANDLE handle);
void insertSelectClob();
void checkRcCode(RETCODE rc);
int main (int argc, char* argv[])
 insertSelectClob();
return 0;
void FAR PASCAL DisplayError(SQLRETURN nResult, HWND hWnd, SWORD fHandleType, SQLHANDLE handle)
 UCHAR szErrState[SQL_SQLSTATE_SIZE+1]; // SQL Error State string
 UCHAR szErrText[SQL_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH+1]; // SQL Error Text string
 char szBuffer[SQL_SQLSTATE_SIZE+SQL_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH+MAXBUFLEN+1];
 // formatted Error text Buffer
 SWORD wErrMsgLen; // Error message length
 UDWORD dwErrCode; // Native Error code
 int iSize; // Display Error Text size
 SQLRETURN nErrResult; // Return Code from SQLGetDiagRec
 SWORD sMsgNum = 1;
 SWORD fFirstRun = TRUE;
 char szDispBuffer[MAXDISPLAYSIZE+1]; // Display Buffer
 szBuffer[0] = '\0';
 do
 // continue to bring messageboxes till all errors are displayed.
 // more than one message box may be reqd. as err text has fixed
 // string size.
 // initialize display buffer with the string in error text buffer
 strcpy(szDispBuffer, szBuffer);
 // call SQLGetDiagRec function with proper ODBC handles, repeatedly until
 // function returns SQL_NO_DATA. Concatenate all error strings
 // in the display buffer and display all results.
 while ((nErrResult = SQLGetDiagRec(fHandleType, handle, sMsgNum++,
 szErrState, &dwErrCode, szErrText,
 SQL_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH-1, &wErrMsgLen)) != SQL_NO_DATA)
 if(nErrResult == SQL_ERROR || nErrResult == SQL_INVALID_HANDLE)
 break;
 wsprintf(szBuffer, SQLERR_FORMAT, (LPSTR)szErrState, dwErrCode, (LPSTR)szErrText);
 iSize = strlen(szDispBuffer);
 if (iSize && (iSize+strlen(szBuffer)+1) >= MAXDISPLAYSIZE)
 break;
 if (iSize)
 strcat(szDispBuffer, "\n");
 strcat(szDispBuffer, szBuffer);
 // display proper ERROR or WARNING message with proper title
 if (nResult == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO)
 MessageBox(hWnd, szDispBuffer, (fFirstRun? SQLWRNMSGTITLE : SQLWRNCNTDTITLE),
 MB_OK | MB_ICONINFORMATION);
 else
 MessageBox(hWnd, szDispBuffer, (fFirstRun? SQLERRMSGTITLE : SQLERRCNTDTITLE),
 MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
 if (fFirstRun)
 fFirstRun = FALSE;
 while (!(nErrResult == SQL_NO_DATA || nErrResult == SQL_ERROR || nErrResult == SQL_INVALID_HANDLE));
void insertSelectClob()
SQLCHAR clobdata[1001];
SQLCHAR resultdata[1001];
SQLINTEGER ind = SQL_DATA_AT_EXEC;
SQLCHAR *bufp;
 SQLINTEGER cbOrderID = sizeof(SQLSMALLINT);
 SQLSMALLINT sTmp=13;
 SQLCHAR *sqlStmt1 = _T("INSERT INTO clobtbl(id, clob1) VALUES(?, ?)");
 SQLCHAR *sqlStmt2 = _T("SELECT id, clob1 FROM clobtbl");
// SQLCHAR *sqlStmt1 = _T("INSERT INTO testInsert(id, clob1) VALUES(?, ?)");
// SQLCHAR *sqlStmt2 = _T("SELECT id, clob1 FROM testInsert");
int clobdatalen, chunksize, dtsize, retchklen;
 HENV envHnd;
HDBC conHnd;
HSTMT stmtHnd;
RETCODE rc;
 int nRowcnt=0;
 SQLPOINTER pToken = NULL;
rc = SQL_SUCCESS;
// ENV is allocated
rc = SQLAllocEnv(&envHnd);
// Connection Handle is allocated
rc = SQLAllocConnect(envHnd, &conHnd);
rc = SQLConnect(conHnd, T("testd734"), SQLNTS, T("ipathdba"), SQLNTS, T("ipathdba"), SQLNTS);
printf(_T("Insert CLOB1 using SQLPutData...\n[%s]\n"), sqlStmt1);
// Set CLOB Data
int i;
SQLCHAR ch;
for (i=0, ch=_T('A'); i< sizeof(clobdata)/sizeof(SQLCHAR); ++i, ++ch)
if (ch > _T('Z'))
ch = _T('A');
clobdata[i] = ch;
clobdata[sizeof(clobdata)/sizeof(SQLCHAR)-1] = _T('\0');
clobdatalen = lstrlen(clobdata); // length of characters
chunksize = clobdatalen / 7; // 7 times to put
 rc = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_STMT, conHnd, &stmtHnd);
// Step 1: Prepare
rc = SQLPrepare(stmtHnd, sqlStmt1, SQL_NTS);
// checkSQLErr(envHnd, conHnd, stmtHnd, rc);
// Step 2: Bind Parameter with SQL_DATA_AT_EXEC
rc = SQLBindParameter(stmtHnd,
1,
SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
SQL_C_SSHORT,
SQL_INTEGER,
0,
0,
&sTmp,
0,
&cbOrderID);
rc = SQLBindParameter(stmtHnd,
2,
SQL_PARAM_INPUT,
SQL_C_CHAR,
SQL_LONGVARCHAR,
clobdatalen*sizeof(CHAR),
0,
(SQLPOINTER)clobdata,
clobdatalen*sizeof(CHAR),
&ind);
// checkSQLErr(envHnd, conHnd, stmtHnd, rc);
// Step 3: Execute
rc = SQLExecute(stmtHnd);
 while (rc == SQL_NEED_DATA) {
 rc = SQLParamData(stmtHnd, &pToken);
 if (rc == SQL_NEED_DATA) {
 for (dtsize=0, bufp = clobdata;
 dtsize < clobdatalen;
 dtsize += chunksize, bufp += chunksize)
 int len;
 if (dtsize+chunksize < clobdatalen)
 len = chunksize;
 rc = SQLPutData(stmtHnd, bufp, len*sizeof(SQLCHAR));
 else
 len = clobdatalen-dtsize;
 rc = SQLPutData(stmtHnd, bufp, SQL_NTS);
 rc = SQLParamData(stmtHnd, &pToken);
// Fails as row count retrieved is zero.
 rc = SQLRowCount(stmtHnd, &nRowcnt);
 if(rc != SQL_SUCCESS)
 DisplayError(rc, NULL, SQL_HANDLE_ENV, conHnd);
rc = SQLFreeStmt(stmtHnd, SQL_CLOSE);
printf(_T("Finished Update\n\n"));
rc = SQLAllocStmt(conHnd, &stmtHnd);
if (rc != SQL_SUCCESS)
printf(_T("Failed to allocate STMT\n"));
exit(-1);
// Clear Result Data
memset(resultdata, 0, sizeof(resultdata));
chunksize = clobdatalen / 15; // 15 times to gut
rc = SQLExecDirect(stmtHnd, sqlStmt2, SQL_NTS); // select
 if(rc != SQL_SUCCESS)
 DisplayError(rc, NULL, SQL_HANDLE_ENV, conHnd);
// Step 2: Fetch
rc = SQLFetch(stmtHnd);
for(dtsize=0, bufp = resultdata;
dtsize > sizeof(resultdata)/sizeof(CHAR) && rc != SQL_NO_DATA;
dtsize += chunksize-1, bufp += chunksize-1)
int len; // len should contain the space for NULL termination
if (dtsize+chunksize<sizeof(resultdata)/sizeof(CHAR))
len = chunksize;
else
len = sizeof(resultdata)/sizeof(CHAR)-dtsize;
// Step 3: GetData
rc = SQLGetData(stmtHnd,
2,
SQL_C_CHAR,
(SQLPOINTER)bufp,
len*sizeof(CHAR),
&retchklen);
if (!_tcscmp(resultdata, clobdata))
printf(_T("Succeeded!!\n\n"));
else
printf(_T("Failed!!\n\n"));
 if (conHnd)
 SQLFreeConnect(conHnd);
 if (envHnd)
 SQLFreeEnv(envHnd);
}

Hi,
Since 9.2 has been desupported for error correction you will not be able to download that version from OTN. You should ask whoever is providing the training if their is an alternate version you can use. The only versions that you will be able to download from oracle.com is 10.2 11.1, and 11.2.

[Oracle JDBC Driver][Oracle]ORA-31011: XML parsing failed

Hi,
I have got the following error when i tired to upload an XML file in my application. My application will insert the XML file in to Oracle 10g data base table. (Our DB server is Oracle 10g).
The error is as follows:-
[BEA][Oracle JDBC Driver][Oracle]ORA-31011: XML parsing failed
ORA-19202: Error occurred in XML processing
LPX-00004: internal error "MultiChar overflow"
Error at line 20795
ORA-06512: at "SYS.XMLTYPE", line 254
ORA-06512: at line 1
The XML file contains more than 90,000 lines in it. Please help.
Thanks!
Siva K.

Is this a specific problem with 10G release? We are using 10.2.0.4.0.
Using CLOB, We think that this may hit the performance of the application as we are using large XML files.

ASP connection to Oracle using MS ODBC Driver fails

I have a Win2000 server with ORCL9.2 client and MDAC2.7 and the following code fails (last line gives the error):
set dbConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
set rsSeq = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
sSql = "Select count(*) From bs_table"
dbConn.Open "DSN=tp10;UID=aaa;PWD=aaa;"
The error text is :
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers (0x80004005)
[Microsoft][ODBC driver for Oracle][Oracle]Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-01019
This code works fine with Oracle 8i client on the server, I really appreciate if any one can help me out here.
Thanks

Can you try with the Oracle ODBC driver, rather than the Microsoft ODBC driver for Oracle? Microsoft's driver still uses the old Oracle 7 OCI calls, which are no longer supported on an Oracle 9.2 client.
Justin
Distributed Database Consulting, Inc.
http://www.ddbcinc.com/askDDBC

Issue encountered when Login as sysdba role using Thin Oracle JDBC Driver

Hello all,
we are now considering to use Thin oracle JDBC driver to create database in our project, but we met one issue when we tried to connect to oracle as sysdba role using Thin driver, and it throws java.sql.SQLException: Io Exception: SO Exception was generated, I have found some tips on oracle jdbc website and it says :
How do I connect as SYSDBA or SYSOPER?
The only way to do this is to use the Properties object when connecting, rather than specifying the username and password as strings. Put the username into the "user" property, and the password into the "password" property. Then, put the mode into the "internal_logon" property. Something like the following:
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("user", "scott");
props.put("password", "tiger");
props.put("internal_logon", "sysoper");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url, props);
When connecting as SYSDBA or SYSOPER using the Thin driver, the RDBMS must be configured to use a password file. See "Creating and Maintaining a Password File" in the "Oracle Database Administrator's Guide".
So, i did execute orapwd command to create a password file and also set remote_login_passwordfile=execlusive in my initxxx.ora initial parameter file, however, when i tried to connect, it failed.
private static void createEmsdbDatabase(){
String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:";
StringBuffer sqlStatement = new StringBuffer();
sqlStatement.append("create database xxx");
sqlStatement.append("maxdatafiles 254 ");
sqlStatement.append("maxinstances 8 ");
sqlStatement.append("maxlogfiles 32 ");
sqlStatement.append("character set UTF8 ");
sqlStatement.append("national character set UTF8 ");
sqlStatement.append("DATAFILE 'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\system01.dbf' SIZE 18M REUSE ");
sqlStatement.append("logfile 'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo01.log' SIZE 2M REUSE, ");
sqlStatement.append("'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo02.log' SIZE 2M REUSE, ");
sqlStatement.append("'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo03.log' SIZE 2M REUSE ");
try {
DriverManager.registerDriver(new OracleDriver());
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("user", "sys");
props.put("password", "password");
props.put("database","xxx");
props.put("internal_logon", "sysdba");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, props);
Statement statement = conn.createStatement();
statement.executeUpdate(sqlStatement.toString());
statement.close();
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
But what made me puzzled a lot is if i use OCI driver, it did work great, why??? guys, anybody knows, please give me some tips, thanks in advance.
regards,
Kaixuan @ Shanghai

clarify my question in detail:
Step 1 : create password file using orapwd command
Step 2 : create database instance using oradim command
Step 3 : login using sys as sysdba to startup database, e.g startup nomount pfile='...\initxxx.ora'
Step 4 : create database.
java code showing below:
private static void createEmsdbDatabase(){
String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:";
StringBuffer sqlStatement = new StringBuffer();
sqlStatement.append("create database xxx ");
sqlStatement.append("maxdatafiles 254 ");
sqlStatement.append("maxinstances 8 ");
sqlStatement.append("maxlogfiles 32 ");
sqlStatement.append("character set UTF8 ");
sqlStatement.append("national character set UTF8 ");
sqlStatement.append("DATAFILE 'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\system01.dbf' SIZE 18M REUSE ");
sqlStatement.append("logfile 'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo01.log' SIZE 2M REUSE, ");
sqlStatement.append("'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo02.log' SIZE 2M REUSE, ");
sqlStatement.append("'c:\\oracle\\xxx\\redo03.log' SIZE 2M REUSE ");
try {
DriverManager.registerDriver(new OracleDriver());
Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("user", "sys");
props.put("password", "password");
props.put("database","xxx");
props.put("internal_logon", "sysdba");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, props);
Statement statement = conn.createStatement();
statement.executeUpdate(sqlStatement.toString());
statement.close();
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
issue was met here, when i tried to login as sysdba using sys, and in my java code, i use Thin driver, it then thrus exception, but when OCI driver is used, it works great, i don't know why.
that is, when i use "jdbc:oracle:oci8:@" as database URL and then properties.put("database","xxx"), it works great. but, when i use "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:" as database URL and then properties.put("database","xxx"), it failed. hopefully, i have clarified my question clearly. thanks.

EJB - no suitable driver found for oracle jdbc driver

this is the exception i got when i run the client:
java.rmi.RemoteException: nested exception is: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver; nested exception is:
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.JdbcUrlAllocator.createResource(JdbcUrlAllocator.java:45)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.PoolManagerImpl.getResourceFromPool(PoolManagerImpl.java:177)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.JdbcXAConnection.<init>(JdbcXAConnection.java:56)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.Jdbc10XaAllocator.createResource(Jdbc10XaAllocator.java:66)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.PoolManagerImpl.getResourceFromPool(PoolManagerImpl.java:177)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.PoolManagerImpl.getResource(PoolManagerImpl.java:126)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.JdbcDataSource.internalGetConnection(JdbcDataSource.java:137)
at com.sun.enterprise.resource.JdbcDataSource.getConnection(JdbcDataSource.java:74)
at bmp.TaxEJB.ejbCreate(TaxEJB.java:34)
at bmp.TaxEJB_RemoteHomeImpl.create(TaxEJB_RemoteHomeImpl.java:32)
at bmp._TaxEJB_RemoteHomeImpl_Tie._invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.GenericPOAServerSC.dispatchToServant(GenericPOAServerSC.java:520)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.GenericPOAServerSC.internalDispatch(GenericPOAServerSC.java:210)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.GenericPOAServerSC.dispatch(GenericPOAServerSC.java:112)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.ORB.process(ORB.java:255)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.iiop.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:84)
at com.sun.corba.ee.internal.orbutil.ThreadPool$PooledThread.run(ThreadPool.java:99)
this is the implementation file (TaxEJB):
package bmp;
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.ejb.*;
public class TaxEJB implements EntityBean {
private String stateCode;
private float taxRate;
private EntityContext ctx;
private DataSource ds;
private String dbName = "jdbc/Oracle";
private Connection con;
public void setTaxRate(float taxRate) {
this.taxRate = taxRate;
public float getTaxRate() {
return this.taxRate;
public String ejbCreate(String stateCode, float taxRate)
throws CreateException {
if (stateCode == null) {
throw new CreateException("The State Code is required.");
try {
String sqlStmt = "INSERT INTO TaxTable VALUES ( ? , ? )";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setString(1, stateCode);
stmt.setFloat(2, taxRate);
stmt.executeUpdate();
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
this.stateCode = stateCode;
this.taxRate = taxRate;
return stateCode;
public void ejbPostCreate(String stateCode, float taxRate) {}
public void setEntityContext(EntityContext context) {
this.ctx = context;
try {
InitialContext initial = new InitialContext();
ds = (DataSource)initial.lookup(dbName);
} catch (NamingException ne) {
throw new EJBException(ne);
public void unsetEntityContext() {
ctx = null;
public void ejbActivate() {
stateCode = (String)ctx.getPrimaryKey();
public void ejbPassivate() {
stateCode = null;
public void ejbLoad() {
try {
String sqlStmt = "SELECT stateCode, taxRate FROM TaxTable " +
"WHERE stateCode = ? ";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setString(1, stateCode);
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
if (rs.next()) {
this.taxRate = rs.getFloat("taxRate");
stmt.close();
} else {
stmt.close();
throw new NoSuchEntityException("State Code: " + stateCode);
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
public void ejbStore() {
try {
String sqlStmt = "UPDATE TaxTable SET "
+ "taxRate = ? " + "WHERE stateCode = ?";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setFloat(1, taxRate);
stmt.setString(2, stateCode);
if (stmt.executeUpdate() != 1) {
throw new EJBException("Object state could not be saved");
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
public void ejbRemove() {
try {
String sqlStmt = "DELETE FROM TaxTable WHERE stateCode = ? ";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setString(1, stateCode);
stmt.executeUpdate();
stmt.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
public String ejbFindByPrimaryKey(String primaryKey)
throws FinderException {
try {
String sqlStmt = "SELECT stateCode "
+ "FROM TaxTable WHERE stateCode = ? ";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setString(1, primaryKey);
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
if (!rs.next()) {
throw new ObjectNotFoundException();
rs.close();
stmt.close();
return primaryKey;
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
public Collection ejbFindInRange(float lowerLimit, float upperLimit)
throws FinderException {
try {
String sqlStmt = "SELECT stateCode from TaxTable "
+ "WHERE taxRate BETWEEN ? AND ?";
con = ds.getConnection();
PreparedStatement stmt = con.prepareStatement(sqlStmt);
stmt.setFloat(1, lowerLimit);
stmt.setFloat(2, upperLimit);
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
while (rs.next()) {
String id = rs.getString(1);
list.add(id);
stmt.close();
return list;
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
throw new EJBException(sqle);
} finally {
try {
if (con != null) {
con.close();
} catch (SQLException sqle) {}
this is the setting in resource.properties:
jdbcDataSource.5.name=jdbc/Oracle
jdbcDataSource.5.url=jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:@nicole\:1521\:NICOLE
jdbcDriver.1.name=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
this is my classpath setting:
%J2EE_HOME%\lib\j2ee.jar;%J2EE_HOME%\lib\system\cloudscape.jar;%J2EE_HOME%\lib\system\cloudutil.jar;%J2EE_HOME%\lib\cloudscape\RmiJdbc.jar;%J2EE_HOME%\lib\system\classes12.jar;.
since i already declare classpath for oracle JDBC Driver (classes12.jar), why the program still can't found the oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver? please help. thanks.

Hi,
I m trying to connect ORACLE9i using JSP.But i encounter the error java.sql.SQlException no suitable driver found.My code is as follows.
<html>
<head><title>oracle</title></head>
<body>
<%@ page language="java"%>
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%
String eid=new String();
String en=new String();
try
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
 out.println("Failed to load Jdbc Odbc driver");
try{
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin@localhost:1521:ORACLE9I","scott","tiger");
Statement ps = con.createStatement();
try{
ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery("select * from empDetails");
while(rs.next())
 out.println(rs.getString(1));
 out.println(rs.getString(2));
rs.close();
}catch(SQLException se)
out.println(se);
ps.close();
con.close();
catch(Exception e)
 out.println(e);
catch (Exception e){
out.println(e);
%>
</body></html>
Pls anyone give me a solution.Its really urgent.

ConnectionPool - Oracle thin driver

Hi all,
I'm having problem setting up connection pool for a oracle thin driver
appreciate any help..
platform : Windows 2000
WebLogic version :Build: 5.1.0
Oracle version : 8.1.6
Classpath :...
C:\Oracle\Ora81\jdbc\lib\classes12.zip;C:\Oracle\Ora81\jdbc\lib\nls_charset1
2.zip;
============================================================================
===========================
I've tested t3dbping and it works fine. This is the way it looked:
java utils.t3dbping t3://dcpvs00j:7001 plovdinger plovdinger ""
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl
============================================================================
===========================
I setup the properties in weblogic.properties like this:
# props=user=SCOTT;password=tiger;server=DEMO
weblogic.jdbc.connectionPool.oraclePool=\
url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl,\
driver=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver,\
loginDelaySecs=1,\
initialCapacity=4,\
maxCapacity=10,\
capacityIncrement=2,\
allowShrinking=true,\
shrinkPeriodMins=15,\
refreshMinutes=10,\
testTable=USER_PROFILE,
props=user=PLOVDINGER;password=PLOVDINGER
============================================================================
===========================
Then I get this in the log:
Appreciate any ideas and suggestions.....
cheers Per
============================================================================
===========================
Wed Feb 07 09:13:24 GMT+00:00 2001: <SSLListenThread> Using exportable
strength SSL.
Wed Feb 07 09:13:24 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> Invoking main-style
startup weblogic.jdbc.com
mon.internal.JdbcStartup weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup
Wed Feb 07 09:13:25 GMT+00:00 2001: <JDBC Pool> Creating connection pool
oraclePool with:
{poolName=oraclePool, driver=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver,
aclName=weblogic.jdbc.connectionPool.or
aclePool, url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl}
java.sql.SQLException: invalid arguments in call
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:114)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:156)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.check_error(DBError.java:803)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.logon(TTC7Protocol.java:175)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:198)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.java:251)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:224)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:149)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
Wed Feb 07 09:13:25 GMT+00:00 2001: <JDBC Pool> Sleeping in
createResource()
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001:<E> <JDBC Pool> Failed to create
connection pool "oraclePool"
weblogic.common.ResourceException: weblogic.common.ResourceException:
Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was:
java.sql.SQLException: invalid arguments in call
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:114)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:156)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.check_error(DBError.java:803)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.logon(TTC7Protocol.java:175)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:198)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.java:251)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:224)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:457)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:137)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:172)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:182)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:125)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Beginning startup process
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Init JMS Security
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Initializing from
weblogic.properties
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Startup process complete. JMS
is active
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Bound SessionPoolManager as
weblogic.jms.SessionPoolMana
ger
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Bound ConnectionConsumerManager
as weblogic.jms.Connecti
onConsumerManager
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> Invoking main-style
startup RMI Registry webl
ogic.rmi.internal.RegistryImpl
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <RMI> Registry started
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <EJB> 0 EJB jar files loaded,
containing 0 EJBs
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <EJB> 0 deployed, 0 failed to deploy.
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ZAC> ZAC ACLs initialized
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ZAC> ZAC packages stored in local
directory exports
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ListenThread> Listening on port:
7001
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <SSLListenThread> Listening on port:
7002
<NT Performance Pack> NATIVE: created IoCompletionPort successfully.
IoPort=0x00000230
Wed Feb 07 09:13:28 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> WebLogic Server
started

Chris Halstead wrote:
>
Don't get caught by the 'refreshMinutes' bug....the parameter is really
'refreshTestMinutes'. The sample connection pool code in the
weblogic.properties file that comes with the install erroneously has this
parameter wrong. If the parameter is not right, Weblogic will silently
ignore it...to your detriment. This is especially important if you connect
to a DB through a firewall.
-chrisThanks for the heads-up!
Joe
>
"Per Lovdinger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Hi,
thanks a lot for your help. Just to let you know it worked when I declared
the connection-pool on one line.
..Per
"Joseph Weinstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Per Lovdinger wrote:
Hi all,
I'm having problem setting up connection pool for a oracle thin driver
appreciate any help..
platform : Windows 2000
WebLogic version :Build: 5.1.0
Oracle version : 8.1.6
Classpath :...
C:\Oracle\Ora81\jdbc\lib\classes12.zip;C:\Oracle\Ora81\jdbc\lib\nls_charset1
2.zip;
============================================================================
===========================
I've tested t3dbping and it works fine. This is the way it looked:
java utils.t3dbping t3://dcpvs00j:7001 plovdinger plovdinger ""
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl
============================================================================
===========================
I setup the properties in weblogic.properties like this:
# props=user=SCOTT;password=tiger;server=DEMO
weblogic.jdbc.connectionPool.oraclePool=\
url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl,\
driver=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver,\
loginDelaySecs=1,\
initialCapacity=4,\
maxCapacity=10,\
capacityIncrement=2,\
allowShrinking=true,\
shrinkPeriodMins=15,\
refreshMinutes=10,\
testTable=USER_PROFILE,
props=user=PLOVDINGER;password=PLOVDINGERHi. Put a '\' at the end of the line
testTable=USER_PROFILE,
Joe
============================================================================
===========================
Then I get this in the log:
Appreciate any ideas and suggestions.....
cheers Per
============================================================================
===========================
Wed Feb 07 09:13:24 GMT+00:00 2001: <SSLListenThread> Usingexportable
strength SSL.
Wed Feb 07 09:13:24 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> Invokingmain-style
startup weblogic.jdbc.com
mon.internal.JdbcStartup weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup
Wed Feb 07 09:13:25 GMT+00:00 2001: <JDBC Pool> Creating connectionpool
oraclePool with:
{poolName=oraclePool, driver=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver,
aclName=weblogic.jdbc.connectionPool.or
aclePool, url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@prodbackup:1521:orcl}
java.sql.SQLException: invalid arguments in call
atoracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:114)
atoracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:156)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.check_error(DBError.java:803)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.logon(TTC7Protocol.java:175)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:198)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.java:251)
atoracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:224)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:149)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
atweblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
Wed Feb 07 09:13:25 GMT+00:00 2001: <JDBC Pool> Sleeping in
createResource()
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001:<E> <JDBC Pool> Failed to create
connection pool "oraclePool"
weblogic.common.ResourceException: weblogic.common.ResourceException:
Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was:
java.sql.SQLException: invalid arguments in call
atoracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:114)
atoracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:156)
at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.check_error(DBError.java:803)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.logon(TTC7Protocol.java:175)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection.<init>(OracleConnection.java:198)
at
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.getConnectionInstance(OracleDriver.java:251)
atoracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver.connect(OracleDriver.java:224)
at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:457)
atjava.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:137)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:172)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
atweblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.makeConnection(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:182)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:109)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
atweblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(Connection
EnvFactory.jav
a:125)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.makeResources(ResourceAllocator.j
ava, Compiled
Code)
at
weblogic.common.internal.ResourceAllocator.<init>(ResourceAllocator.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.startup(ConnectionPool.java:330
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.initPools(JdbcInfo.java,
Compiled Code)
atweblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcInfo.startup(JdbcInfo.java:200)
at
weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.JdbcStartup.main(JdbcStartup.java:11)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
atweblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.runMain(StartupThread.java:219)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.StartupThread.doWork(StartupThread.java,
Compiled Code)
at
weblogic.t3.srvr.PropertyExecuteThread.run(PropertyExecuteThread.java:62)
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Beginning startup process
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Init JMS Security
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Initializing from
weblogic.properties
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Startup process complete.JMS
is active
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> Bound SessionPoolManager
as
weblogic.jms.SessionPoolMana
ger
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <JMS> BoundConnectionConsumerManager
as weblogic.jms.Connecti
onConsumerManager
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> Invokingmain-style
startup RMI Registry webl
ogic.rmi.internal.RegistryImpl
Wed Feb 07 09:13:26 GMT+00:00 2001: <RMI> Registry started
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <EJB> 0 EJB jar files loaded,
containing 0 EJBs
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <EJB> 0 deployed, 0 failed todeploy.
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ZAC> ZAC ACLs initialized
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ZAC> ZAC packages stored inlocal
directory exports
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <ListenThread> Listening on
port:
7001
Wed Feb 07 09:13:27 GMT+00:00 2001: <SSLListenThread> Listening onport:
7002
<NT Performance Pack> NATIVE: created IoCompletionPort successfully.
IoPort=0x00000230
Wed Feb 07 09:13:28 GMT+00:00 2001: <WebLogicServer> WebLogic
Server
started--
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for people who want to work with Java, XML, SOAP and E-Commerce infrastructure products.
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Send resumes to [email protected]

Macbook Pro Hard Drives Failing

Hi all,
I've been having massing problems with my Macbook Pro 15" 2.53 Ghz laptop. I got one brand new with apple care in December of 2008. The hard drive was the standard 320 Gb @ 5400 RPM.
Within approximately two weeks of operation the computer failed (froze and after a hard shutdown wouldn't boot). It turned out the hard drive failed. Two weeks! So I took it back to Apple and they replaced the hard drive (took them one week so I lost a week of productivity).
One week after receiving the laptop back, the hard drive failed again! This time I believe the OS got corrupted somehow as the symptom was that it would not boot.
So back to Apple and they straight out replaced it with a new one. One week later, guess what? Failure. So back again and they replaced it.
I'm now on my 3rd laptop from Apple and this hard drive is failing. Luckily I was able to back everything up. I downloaded a utility called SMART Utility and it tells me 60 some sectors are bad on this disk.
Is anyone else having issues like this? Its absolutely ridiculous. Currently the computer is working despite the failed sectors and horrible sounds coming from the hard drive but I expect failure soon. I'll be taking this back to Apple and showing them the results of the SMART Utility, but I'm at the end of the rope here.
I've owned multiple Macbook Pros before and absolutely loved them. But now I am so disillusioned by this... To Apple's credit they have had great customer service, but now I'm at the point where I need to be able to rely on my machine.
Has anyone heard anything?

I would second Michael's comment. While hard drives do fail, the rate at which yours are failing would appear to be well beyond the statistical average. I would generally think the next level would be a problem with the MacBook itself causing the failures, but from what I can tell from your comment is that they have replaced your MacBook twice (and you're on your third?). So that would seem to rule out a problem with the MacBook itself. You mentioned that you've had other MacBooks before and it doesn't sound like you've had problems with them... so I wouldn't expect that you're doing anything unusual that would cause the problem.
You're either had a remarkable run of bad luck, or there's something going on that's out of the ordinary causing these drives to fail. I would imagine that when stores get machines, they're likely shipped from batches that are manufactured at similar times. If they had a batch of faulty drives from the manufacturer, it's possible a single store could have gotten several of them. That would still not really explain why your initially replaced drive failed as it would likely have come from a totally different batch than what would have been used in manufacturing at the time your notebook was put together. I guess it's always possible that they might put in a drive that that wasn't new.

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