JSF page & Sqlserver DB - gave 'Use the sqljdbc4' class error !

Question

Hello,
I created an JSF page with business components and data controls generated from a connected sqlserver database.
The driver class used is 'sqljdbc4.jar' and works for all generaled VIEW LINKS by the AppModule.
However, on running the created JSF page, I get the following error - although the 'sqljdbc4.jar class (NOT sqljdbc.jar) is used for the DB connection, and the only reference in the application.
The error message is:
Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 is not supported by this driver. Use the sqljdbc4.jar class library, which provides support for JDBC 4.0.
QUESTION: Does that mean that I need to locate another sqlserver driver that supports JRE version 1.6 - although I understood from the documentation that 'sqljdbc4.jar' should work with JRE version 1.6?
see full message log below - when trying to deploy the JSF page:
*** Using port 7101 ***
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\bin\startWebLogic.cmd
[waiting for the server to complete its initialization...]
JAVA Memory arguments: -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:CompileThreshold=8000 -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m
WLS Start Mode=Development
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* To start WebLogic Server, use a username and *
* password assigned to an admin-level user. For *
* server administration, use the WebLogic Server *
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starting weblogic with Java version:
java version "1.6.0_14"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_14-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)
Starting WLS with line:
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<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:22 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000395> <Following extensions directory contents added to the end of the classpath:
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\lib\mbeantypes\csp-id-asserter.jar>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:23 PM EDT> <Info> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000377> <Starting WebLogic Server with Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM Version 14.0-b16 from Sun Microsystems Inc.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:24 PM EDT> <Info> <Management> <BEA-141107> <Version: WebLogic Server 10.3.2.0 Tue Oct 20 12:16:15 PDT 2009 1267925 >
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:27 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:27 PM EDT> <Info> <WorkManager> <BEA-002900> <Initializing self-tuning thread pool>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:29 PM EDT> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320400> <The log file C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultServer.log will be rotated. Reopen the log file if tailing has stopped. This can happen on some platforms like Windows.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:29 PM EDT> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320401> <The log file has been rotated to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultServer.log00003. Log messages will continue to be logged in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultServer.log.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:29 PM EDT> <Notice> <Log Management> <BEA-170019> <The server log file C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultServer.log is opened. All server side log events will be written to this file.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:36:49 PM EDT> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090082> <Security initializing using security realm myrealm.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:37:27 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STANDBY>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:37:28 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to STARTING>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:44 PM EDT> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320400> <The log file C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultDomain.log will be rotated. Reopen the log file if tailing has stopped. This can happen on some platforms like Windows.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:44 PM EDT> <Notice> <LoggingService> <BEA-320401> <The log file has been rotated to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultDomain.log00003. Log messages will continue to be logged in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\DefaultDomain\servers\DefaultServer\logs\DefaultDomain.log.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:44 PM EDT> <Notice> <Log Management> <BEA-170027> <The Server has established connection with the Domain level Diagnostic Service successfully.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to RESUMING>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002613> <Channel "Default" is now listening on 10.254.255.241:7101 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002613> <Channel "Default[2]" is now listening on 127.0.0.1:7101 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <Server> <BEA-002613> <Channel "Default[1]" is now listening on 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1:7101 for protocols iiop, t3, ldap, snmp, http.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000331> <Started WebLogic Admin Server "DefaultServer" for domain "DefaultDomain" running in Development Mode>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:48 PM EDT> <Warning> <Server> <BEA-002611> <Hostname "WINSERVR2008", maps to multiple IP addresses: 10.254.255.241, 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:49 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to RUNNING>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:38:49 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000360> <Server started in RUNNING mode>
IntegratedWebLogicServer startup time: 192201 ms.
IntegratedWebLogicServer started.
[Running application BraaineDBupdateV1 on Server Instance IntegratedWebLogicServer...]
[06:39:24 PM] ---- Deployment started. ----
[06:39:24 PM] Target platform is (Weblogic 10.3).
[06:39:30 PM] Retrieving existing application information
[06:39:33 PM] Running dependency analysis...
[06:39:33 PM] Deploying 2 profiles...
[06:39:37 PM] Wrote Web Application Module to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\o.j2ee\drs\BraaineDBupdateV1\ViewControllerWebApp.war
[06:39:39 PM] Wrote Enterprise Application Module to C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\JDeveloper\system11.1.1.2.36.55.36\o.j2ee\drs\BraaineDBupdateV1
[06:39:39 PM] Deploying Application...
<Apr 19, 2010 6:39:43 PM EDT> <Warning> <J2EE> <BEA-160195> <The application version lifecycle event listener oracle.security.jps.wls.listeners.JpsAppVersionLifecycleListener is ignored because the application BraaineDBupdateV1 is not versioned.>
<SQLServerConnection><<init>> Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 is not supported by this driver. Use the sqljdbc4.jar class library, which provides support for JDBC 4.0.
<Apr 19, 2010 6:39:45 PM EDT> <Warning> <JDBC> <BEA-001129> <Received exception while creating connection for pool "BraineDB": Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 is not supported by this driver. Use the sqljdbc4.jar class library, which provides support for JDBC 4.0.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:39:47 PM EDT> <Error> <Deployer> <BEA-149265> <Failure occurred in the execution of deployment request with ID '1271716780677' for task '0'. Error is: 'weblogic.application.ModuleException: '
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
     at weblogic.jdbc.module.JDBCModule.prepare(JDBCModule.java:290)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:199)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:391)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:83)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:59)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: weblogic.common.ResourceException: weblogic.common.ResourceException: Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 is not supported by this driver. Use the sqljdbc4.jar class library, which provides support for JDBC 4.0.
     at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(ConnectionEnvFactory.java:256)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.makeResources(ResourcePoolImpl.java:1180)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.makeResources(ResourcePoolImpl.java:1104)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.start(ResourcePoolImpl.java:244)
     at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.doStart(ConnectionPool.java:1065)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:39:47 PM EDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149004> <Failures were detected while initiating deploy task for application 'BraaineDBupdateV1'.>
<Apr 19, 2010 6:39:47 PM EDT> <Warning> <Deployer> <BEA-149078> <Stack trace for message 149004
weblogic.application.ModuleException:
     at weblogic.jdbc.module.JDBCModule.prepare(JDBCModule.java:290)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.ModuleListenerInvoker.prepare(ModuleListenerInvoker.java:199)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow$1.next(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:391)
     at weblogic.application.utils.StateMachineDriver.nextState(StateMachineDriver.java:83)
     at weblogic.application.internal.flow.DeploymentCallbackFlow.prepare(DeploymentCallbackFlow.java:59)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
Caused By: weblogic.common.ResourceException: weblogic.common.ResourceException: Could not create pool connection. The DBMS driver exception was: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6 is not supported by this driver. Use the sqljdbc4.jar class library, which provides support for JDBC 4.0.
     at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionEnvFactory.createResource(ConnectionEnvFactory.java:256)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.makeResources(ResourcePoolImpl.java:1180)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.makeResources(ResourcePoolImpl.java:1104)
     at weblogic.common.resourcepool.ResourcePoolImpl.start(ResourcePoolImpl.java:244)
     at weblogic.jdbc.common.internal.ConnectionPool.doStart(ConnectionPool.java:1065)
     Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
[06:39:47 PM] #### Deployment incomplete. ####
[06:39:47 PM] Remote deployment failed (oracle.jdevimpl.deploy.common.Jsr88RemoteDeployer)
#### Cannot run application BraaineDBupdateV1 due to error deploying to IntegratedWebLogicServer.
[Application BraaineDBupdateV1 stopped and undeployed from Server Instance IntegratedWebLogicServer]

Answer 1

No, you already have the needed driver in sqljdbc4.jar. The problem is that your classpath first points to sqljdbc.jar
>
...;C:\KEEP\A_SOA_ActiveVOS\SQLserverjdbc_Driver\sqljdbc_2.0\enu\sqljdbc.jar
>
so this dirver is loaded instead of the sqljdbc4.jar.
Remove the old jar from the class path and try again.
Timo