Running web report that uses jdbc

Question

I have been trying to run a web report from oc4j. The report was created in reprots 9i. The url:
http://localhost:8888/reports/test/myReport.jsp?userid=username/password@dbname
works great for a report that was created using a sql connection. It doesn't work for a report created using a jdbc connection. When I try to use it for a jdbc report I get the following error:
REP-4100: Failed to execute data source. REP-0069: Internal error JDBCPDS-62000:Invalid sign-on parameter P_JDBCPDS
What url should I use to run a report that uses jdbc? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Roger
To clarify, for reports which have PDS based queries, you need to give a sign on parameter in the url. This sign on parameter is nothing but the connection details. In case of reports designed with sql query, you provide userid in the url. The default sign on parameter name for JDBC PDS based report is p_jdbcpds. When you design a report, you have option of changing this sign on name. In case your report has sign on parameter name different to default sign on name, you need to specify that sing on parameter name in the URL.
For JDBC query with Oracle thin driver, the sign on parameter would look like:
scott/tiger@(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(COMMUNITY = tcp.world)
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = xxx-xxx)
(Port = 1521)
(ADDRESS =
(COMMUNITY = tcp.world)
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = xxx)
(Port = 1526)
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = xxxx)
After @, you basically gives DB connection info as defined in tnsname.ora file for that DB.
Thanks
Rohit