JDBC to non-oracle DB's

Trying to locate a copy of note 73244.1 that discusses accessing non-oracle DB's from a java stored procedure using JDBC.
Unable to find or access that note. It is referenced numerous times on metalink, but none of the links actually get there.
Anyone have a copy??v

Hi Patrick,
I don't know if you found the key notes you were looking for.
I'm interested in you message because I'm working with a java stored procedure that connects to another database using JDBC. However, I don't know who to make oracle "see" the JDBC include file, since I'm using a specific Sybase JDBC. Can you help me?
Regards,
Flavio Matiello

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Does anyone know to configure the database to allow a connection to a non-oracle database from a Java Stored procedured, using JDBC?
Thank you in advance,
Chris

Hi Chris,
I haven't tried it, and these are just some of my thoughts, but I
think you would need to load the JDBC driver for the other database
into the Oracle database (using the "loadjava" tool, of-course).
Then your java stored procedure should be able to instantiate the
third party JDBC driver and obtain a connection to the other database.
Hope this helps.
Good Luck,
Avi.

Problem in OWB: connecting to a non-oracle database

Good day,
i'm working on a windows 32 bit machine,i have Oracle database , OWB 11.2.0.1 installed on it
i'm trying to make OWB connect to a "Sybase" source database on another server , using ODBC
i've tested the connection from SQLPLUS and it's working perfectly
but when i test the connection from OWB locations , it gives me this error:
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[OpenLink][ODBC][SQL Server]Statement(s) could not be prepared (0)
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Hi Chris,
I haven't tried it, and these are just some of my thoughts, but I
think you would need to load the JDBC driver for the other database
into the Oracle database (using the "loadjava" tool, of-course).
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Hope this helps.
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In general, HTML DB gives you access to Oracle database facilities. These include heterogeneous services. Please search this forum for keyword "heterogeneous" and you can follow the threads that interest you.
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Multi Database Support: TimeQuery setting for non-oracle

Hello,
I wanted to develop ADF Application which is database-neutral and thus SQL92 type application.
I actually wanted to make sure that my application runs fine at least on MySQL DB. Therefore I set up my connection in JDeveloper to Mysql database but I started facing issues while working with it. See this > Re: [ADF-11.1.2] Non Sense Associations and View Links while using Mysql as DB
Also there's some limitation while working with non-oracle database like : JDeveloper can't recognize primary key column, therefore developer has to manually select primary key attribute in each EO.
Therefore, I thought to use Oracle DB to overcome from above issues and with Application as SQL92 type.
Information to share, if applicable to you as well:
1. database-neutral SQLs: It may not be possible to come up with CREATE TABLE SQL statement which is database-neutral. i.e. You have to modify SQL scripts generated from Oracle Database Model to make it work with other database. This I think is difficult part, but with proper care and with the help of tool, you can achieve the CREATE SQL statements for other database.
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<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?>
<BC4JConfig version="11.1" xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/bc4j/configuration">
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      <AppModuleConfig name="AppModuleLocal" DeployPlatform="LOCAL" jbo.project="model.Model" ApplicationName="model.bc.am.AppModule" java.naming.factory.initial="oracle.jbo.common.JboInitialContextFactory">
         <Database jbo.TypeMapEntries="Java" jbo.locking.mode="optimistic" jbo.SQLBuilder="SQL92"
                   jbo.sql92.DbTimeQuery="select now()as CurrentDateTime"/>
         <Security AppModuleJndiName="model.bc.am.AppModule"/>
         <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/appuser_mysqlDS"/>
      </AppModuleConfig>
      <AppModuleConfig name="AppModuleShared" DeployPlatform="LOCAL" jbo.project="model.Model" ApplicationName="model.bc.am.AppModule" java.naming.factory.initial="oracle.jbo.common.JboInitialContextFactory">
         <AM-Pooling jbo.ampool.isuseexclusive="false" jbo.ampool.maxpoolsize="1"/>
         <Database jbo.TypeMapEntries="Java" jbo.locking.mode="optimistic" jbo.SQLBuilder="SQL92"
                   jbo.sql92.DbTimeQuery="select now()as CurrentDateTime"/>
         <Security AppModuleJndiName="model.bc.am.AppModule"/>
         <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/appuser_mysqlDS"/>
      </AppModuleConfig>
   </AppModuleConfigBag>
</BC4JConfig>Note: Point 3 is not mentioned anywhere. Not even here > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/mysql-and-bc-howto-082060.html.
Questions:
1. How would I make "jbo.sql92.DbTimeQuery" work with other database. It seems I have to hard code the value of it. Can't we externalize it so that we can set it dynamically ?
2. I am sharing this what I noticed and which is not yet documented (at least I haven't found it anywhere)... please let me know if you are aware of any setting needs to be done which may not be documented ?

Did you ever find out more information about working with Dates in non-oracle databases?

Mapping deploy for Non-Oracle Data Source hangs

Hi All,
I am trying to deploy mapping for Non-Oracle Data Source and it hangs.
Oracle version is 10.2.0.3 and OWB version is 10.2.0.1.3.1
It would be really appreciated if you can help.
Thanks!
PS.

That helpes quite a bit. I still can't get the app to retrieve data, but I am getting a more useful message in the log:
[Error in allocating a connection. Cause: Connection could not be allocated because: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied]
As you suggested, I removed the <default-resource-principal> stuff from sun-web.xml and modified it to match your example. Additionally, I changed the <res-ref-name> in web.xml from "jdbc/jdbc-simple" to "jdbc/oracle-dev".
The Connection Pool "Ping" from the Admin Console is successful with the user and password I have set in the parameters. (it fails if I change them, so I am pretty sure that is set up correctly) Is there another place I should check for user/pass information? Do I need to do anything to the samples/database.properties file?
By the way, this is the 4th quarter 2004 release of app server. Would it be beneficial to move to the Q1 2005 beta?
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Jdeveloper Team RE Jdeveloper 9.0.3 For Non-Oracle Databases

I see that support for non-Oracle databases and Third-Party JDBC drivers is very improved. However, I have tried to use the SAPDb JDBC driver and the BC4J tester and generated Swing clients all display greyed so that no updates are possible. This appears to be a bug since Jbuilder works fine with this driver. However, I think Jbuilder's Express dataset and commit philosophy is really bad. Any commitments as to when this will be fixed?

Yes, I examined the attribute settings and manually adjusted them in the entities and views. They are now updateable. Using Jdeveloper with SAPDB would be very tedious. Jdeveloper did not recognize foreign key constrains, primary keys, nor that attributes were updateable.
Is there a way to include SAPDB in the testing? It is trivial to install and run and would make Jdeveloper a more robust tool. I do not like Jbuilder's approach to master-detail client screens and would recommend using Jdeveloper for this type of work if it could handle more databases like SapDb.

RMS installation error: JDBC-thin client oracle/jdbc/driver/T2CConnection.getLibraryVersionNumber()

Trying to Install RMS application 13.2.2 and I get past the pre-installation checks and when I get to the Data Source details and enter the data source details with the check box checked to validate the schema/Test Data Source I get the following error:
Error Connecting to database URL jdbc:oracle:oci:@rmsdbtst as user rms13 java.lang.Exception:UnsatisfiedLinkError encountered when using the Oracle driver. Please check that the library path is set up properly or switch to the JDBC thin client oracle/jdbc/driver/T2CConnection.getLibraryVersioNumber()
Checks performed:
RMS Application code location and directory contents:
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ pwd
/binary_files/STAGING_DIR/rms/application
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ ls -ltr
total 144
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   272 Dec 7 2010 version.properties
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   405 Jan 16 2011 expected-object-counts.properties
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   892 May 13 2011 ant.install.properties.sample
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 64004 Jun 6 2011 build.xml
drwxr-xr-x 9 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 16 2011 rms13
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 16 2011 installer-resources
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 16 2011 antinstall
drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 16 2011 ant-ext
drwxr-xr-x 5 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 16 2011 ant
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 11324 Dec 18 09:18 antinstall-config.xml.ORIG
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle oinstall 4249 Dec 18 10:01 install.sh
drwxr-xr-x 4 oracle oinstall 4096 Dec 18 10:06 common
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall 16244 Dec 19 10:37 antinstall-config.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle oinstall   689 Dec 19 10:37 ant.install.log
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
Application installation:
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ ./install.sh
THIS IS the driver directory
Verified $ORACLE_SID.
Verified SQL*Plus exists.
Verified write permissions.
Verified formsweb.cfg read permissions.
Verified Registry.dat read permissions.
Verified Java version 1.4.2.x or greater. Java version - 1.6.0
Verified Tk2Motif.rgb settings.
Verified frmcmp_batch.sh status.
WARNING: Oracle Enterprise Linux not detected. Some components may not install properly.
Verified $DISPLAY - 172.16.129.82:0.0.
This installer will ask for your "My Oracle Support" credentials.
Preparing installer. This may take a few moments.
Your internet connection type is: NONE
Integrating My Oracle Support into the product installer workflow...
     [move] Moving 1 file to /binary_files/STAGING_DIR/rms/application
Installer preparation complete.
MW_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/NewMiddleware1034
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/NewMiddleware1034/as_1
ORACLE_INSTANCE=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/NewMiddleware1034/asinst_1
DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/Middleware/NewMiddleware1034/user_projects/domains/rmsClassDomain
WLS_INSTANCE=WLS_FORMS
ORACLE_SID=rmsdbtst
JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/jrockit-jdk1.6.0_45-R28.2.7-4.1.0
Launching installer...
To make sure I have connectivity from the app server to the database (on a database server) here are the steps followed:
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ tnsping rmsdbtst
TNS Ping Utility for Linux: Version 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on 19-DEC-2013 10:41:40
Copyright (c) 1997, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Used parameter files:
Used TNSNAMES adapter to resolve the alias
Attempting to contact (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc)(PORT = 1521)) (CONNECT_DATA = (SERVER = DEDICATED) (SID = rmsdbtst)))
OK (0 msec)
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ sqlplus rms13@rmsdbtst
SQL*Plus: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - Production on Thu Dec 19 10:46:18 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2008, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter password:
Connected to:
Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ ping test-rms-db
PING test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.599 ms
64 bytes from test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.168 ms
64 bytes from test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.132 ms
64 bytes from test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.158 ms
64 bytes from test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc (192.168.1.140): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.135 ms
--- test-rms-db.vonmaur.vmc ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.132/0.238/0.599/0.181 ms
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ uname -a
Linux test-rms-app.vonmaur.vmc 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 08:45:05 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$ cat /etc/*-release
Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Carthage)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga)
[oracle@test-rms-app application]$
The database is created and all the batch file scripts have been successfully deployed. Now working on the application server. The Weblogic server is installed and 11g forms and reports are installed successfully.
Any help would be helpful.
Thanks,
Ram.

Please check MOS Notes:
FAQ: RWMS 13.2 Installation and Configuration (Doc ID 1307639.1)

JDBC for non-relational Databases.

Hi All,
correct me if I am wrong in my understanding,
1. JDBC are a set of specifications (as interfaces etc..) which each
vendor is expected to provide implementation.
2. JDBC is for relationsla databases only (like oracle,MySQL etc..) it
does not take into account the access to non-relational databases.
3. If 2 is true, is there an equivalent of JDBC for non-relational
databases?
TIA.

1. JDBC are a set of specifications (as interfaces etc..) which each
vendor is expected to provide implementation.
Broadly speaking, yes. It doesn't have to be the vendor that provides the implementation, and an ODBC driver (to be used via the JdbcOdbc bridge) is adequate if a native JDBC driver is not available.
2. JDBC is for relationsla databases only (like oracle,MySQL etc..) it
does not take into account the access to non-relational databases.
It expects tabular results. Aside from that I don't think it mandates anything about the design of the underlying system. Certainly it's entirely agnostic about syntactic issues.
For example, it can talk to Excel spreadsheets, via the JdbcOdbc bridge, and Excel is by no stretch of the imagination a relational database. IMS is not a relational database, but that has a JDBC driver.
3. If 2 is true, is there an equivalent of JDBC for non-relational
databases?
2 is not true, and I'm not aware of any "non relational" database connection standard, probably for this very reason. There may well be vendor specific tools for talking to some systems.

Can you use SQL Developer against non Oracle data bases?

If so, then how do you define the connection for non Oracle data bases?

Look, SQL Developer has got to be a 'gateway' into Oracle DBs from other databases. JDBC allows simple introspection and execution of SQL commands. So the 'explain' button won't be available, or some of the DDL stuff, big deal! Let them get a taste of what they are missing by not having an Oracle database.
If we can get non-Oracle developers (especially MS SQL Server) to use SQL Developer it will expose them to the superiority of the Oracle DB server.
If they have heterogenous services installed they are already an Oracle customer -- we have little additional DB server sale opportunity there. SQL Developer is a really sweet tool and it could be a real draw into the DB server sales.
SQL Developer must be easily usable by non-Oracle customers in order to help us sell the DB server to them!

Linux non-oracle user cannot connect to database using TNS

LS,
I've installed Oracle 11gR2 on a linux box (name="ilmserver") running CentOS 5.4 (based on RHEL).
Created user "oracle" and groups "oinstall" and "dba".
Installation under user "oracle" went fine, and logged in as "oracle" user I can - naturally - access the database easily (via SQL+, or using SQL Developer it works via Basic, TNS, and Advanced (=jdbc)).
I have a second user on the linux box called "informatica", on which I have installed Informatica ILM 5.3.2, which uses the Oracle database as its repository.
The "informatica" user has been granted the same groups as the "oracle" user, i.e. "oinstall" and "dba".
I have severe problems accessing the Oracle database as the "informatica" user.
Using SQL Developer I can access the database using the "Basic" method, but not TNS.
But guess what: for ILM to work to its fullest extent I need to implement an environment variable called TNS_ADMIN.
I have implemented it, it sits in bash_profile and as such works fine:
+[informatica@ilmserver ~]$ echo $TNS_ADMIN+
+/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin+
But as for being able to access it:
+[informatica@ilmserver ~]$ cat $TNS_ADMIN/tnsnames.ora+
cat: /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora: Permission denied
Somehow I thought that granting "oinstall" group to "informatica" user would take care of this. Obviously it doesn't. I also granted "dba" group to "informatica", to no avail apparently.
This is then - I assume - also the reason that when I want to connect using TNS from within SQL Developer, the dropdown list is empty (because it's not able to read TNSNAMES.ORA).
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?
Thanks heaps!
Cheers, Patrick

Just ran all+ commands for oracle user:
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ id*
uid=502(oracle) gid=504(oinstall) groups=503(dba),504(oinstall),505(asmdba),506(asmadmin) context=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ env | sort*
COLORTERM=gnome-terminal
CVS_RSH=ssh
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-m8BEsoxTeM,guid=7c9a73a7390af7742e606e004e571934
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID=
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
GDMSESSION=default
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=Default
GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-TQlAPU/socket
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/home/oracle/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
HISTSIZE=1000
HOME=/home/oracle
HOSTNAME=ilmserver
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
LOGNAME=oracle
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.btm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;35:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/oracle
ORACLE_BASE=/home/oracle/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOME=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=ilmserver
ORACLE_SID=orcl
PATH=/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/oracle/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/bin
PWD=/home/oracle
SESSION_MANAGER=local/ilmserver:/tmp/.ICE-unix/14477
SHELL=/bin/bash
SHLVL=2
SSH_AGENT_PID=14513
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-INwup14477/agent.14477
TERM=xterm
TNS_ADMIN=/home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin
USERNAME=oracle
USER=oracle
_=/usr/bin/env
WINDOWID=24117329
XAUTHORITY=/tmp/.gdm9ITN0V
XMODIFIERS=@im=none
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -l /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora*
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 879 Aug 24 21:39 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/tnsnames.ora
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 24 21:39 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/*
drwxr-xr-x 74 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 19:00 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/
[*oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/*
drwxr-xr-x 3 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/oracle/product/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/oracle/*
drwxr-xr-x 10 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 24 17:29 /home/oracle/app/oracle/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/app/*
drwxr-xr-x 4 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 23 18:21 /home/oracle/app/
*[oracle@ilmserver ~]$ ls -ld /home/oracle/*
drwx------ 22 oracle oinstall 4096 Aug 25 20:55 /home/oracle/
Naturally the "oracle" user has full access to its own directories.
A thought just occurred to me. I assume that theoretically it's possible to grant read privilige to informatica user on all these directories... would that do the trick?
But even if so, makes me wonder whether that is "best practice".
Also, I cannot imagine I'm the first person to encounter this scenario, and therefore there must be some standard approach to enable this.
Any suggestions/thoughts?
As for the TNSNAMES.ORA suggestion, I guess that is possible. Makes administration of TNSNAMES a bit more cumbersome though, as in, 2 files to maintain... risk of getting out of sync when making 'quick and dirty' changes without thinking things through too much (which shouldn't happen... but sometimes does anyway).
I'd prefer a solution where "informatica" has genuine access to TNSNAMES.ORA.
Thanks, Patrick
ps the bold bits with env.var LS_COLORS are unintentional, but don't know how to turn that off

XML Publisher with Non Oracle databases

Hi,
Can we use XML Publisher with non oracle databases like Postgres ,mySQL etc.

Hi
Not sure if you're talking Apps or non but you can do it equally with both. Check out the Data Engine in the user guide and look for Distributed Queries. XMLP will need a jdbc connection to the db but you can then pass a query and get XML back.
You can even write one query to pull back say customers from Oracle and their invoices from MySQL, you'll get a merged data set back with a master detail relationship btw customers-invoices
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Can SQL*Plus connect via ODBC to NON-Oracle data source?????

I am struggling to understand something. I downloaded Oracle instance client, SQL*Plus and ODBC components with the hopes of being able to connect via SQL*Plus to a non-Oracle/ODBC compliant database.
Is this possible? Or is SQL*Plus ability to connect via ODBC only to an Oracle data source??
Thanks...

sqlplus only connects to oracle. you can use the odbc driver from instant client to allow other applications to access oracle via odbc (e.g. excel). if you need to connect to non-oracle odbc database (ms-access, foxpro, etc.) you need odbc driver for those sources.
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HELP! Jdbc connection to oracle ClassNotFoundException classpath issues..

Okay I am a newbie to this but all the other posts concerning this just say add the classes12.jar to my classpath.
I am using websphere 5.0
connecting to a 9i db.
after trying to find out what my classpath is ( websphere 5.0 makes it difficult to see it) i found this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classpath>
<classpathentry kind="var"
path="SERVERJDK_50_PLUGINDIR/jre/lib/rt.jar"
rootpath="SERVERJDK_SRCROOT" sourcepath="SERVERJDK_50_PLUGINDIR/src.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="src" path="Java Source"/>
<classpathentry kind="var" path="WAS_50_PLUGINDIR/lib/j2ee.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="var" path="WAS_50_PLUGINDIR/lib/servletevent.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="var" path="WAS_50_PLUGINDIR/lib/ivjejb35.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="var" path="WAS_50_PLUGINDIR/lib/runtime.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/string.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/jaxen-full.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/utility.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/jspsql.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/xalan.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/datetime.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/mailer.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/dom.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/jstl.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/standard.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/jdbc2_0-stdext.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/saxpath.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/sax.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/dbbeans.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="Web Content/WEB-INF/lib/jaxp-api.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="lib" path="C:/oracle/ora92/jdbc/lib/classes12.jar"/>
<classpathentry kind="output" path="Web Content\WEB-INF\classes"/>
</classpath>
to me it looks like it is in my classpath.. (if thats what this is).
I have imported the classes12.jar file several times through out my project to no avail.
the error i get it here:
Error: It Screwed up agian java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
SystemOut O Connecting ... cisinv
Error: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
SystemErr R Exception: null
from this code:
package Business;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Driver;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
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public class beanDbConnect {
     * Constructor for beanDbConnect.
     public beanDbConnect() {
          super();
     private Connection con = null;
     private Statement cmd = null;
     private ResultSet rs = null;
     public Connection connect()
          //Declare variable
          boolean blnSuccessfulOpen = false;
          Driver driver;
          String driverName;
          String serverAddress;
          //Begin try block
          try
               //Load JdbcOdbcDriver
               driverName = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
                              //oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
               System.out.println("Loading ..." + driverName);
               //try{
               Class.forName(driverName).newInstance();
               //catch (Exception err)
//                    System.err.println("Error: new instance: " + err.toString());
          System.out.println("Database loaded successfully");
          //catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
          catch (Exception e)
               System.err.println("Error: It Screwed up agian " + e.toString());
               blnSuccessfulOpen = false;
          try
               //Instantiate connection to bean-defined DSN
               //serverAddress = ("jdbc:oracle:thin:scott/tiger@localhost:1243:" + dbInstance);
               System.out.println("Connecting ... " );
               String serverName = "**********";//changed for post
               String portNumber = "1521";
               String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@" + serverName + ":" + portNumber + ":" + "cisinv";
               con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "scott", "tiger");
               System.out.println("Ready.");
               blnSuccessfulOpen = true;
          catch (SQLException e)
               System.err.println("Error: " + e.toString());
          //End try block
          return con;
     }//end connect()
Please help. ive been working on it for days =(.

If you're running a Web app, put all JARs that your app needs in the WEB-INF/lib directory. That's always in the CLASSPATH.
I don't know WebSphere. Do you really have to edit something to add all those CLASSPATH entries?
In Tomcat, all I'd have to do is put a WAR file in the webapps directory.
Your code needs some work. You're not following Sun's Java coding standards. Capitalize your class name, for starters.
Is the username and password for your database still "scott" and "tiger"? Nice security there.
Your connect method makes a database connection. Do you leave it to users to close it? (You do close your connections when you're done with them, don't you?)
I'd make Connection a data member and create it in a constructor. I'd write a close method to close it up.
Doesn't WebSphere do connection pooling? Do you really want to write your own class to handle this?
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