SQL Developer 3.1 JDBC connect to Teradata fail

Question

I have the 3.1 release of Oracle SQL developer. I have the JDBC drivers for Teradata. I am tyring to get it to connect but it is failing. The error is very nondescript and of not much benefit. When I create the connection and put in the host name, user ID, default db, and password and click Test I get:
Status: Failure - Test failed: (null)
Below is the detail.
I put this same info into another SQL editor to test the drivers and it connected fine. So the driver and the info I am passing do not seem to be the problem.
Is there any insight into this error. ( I did see a thread about turning off SSO, except it is already turned off so that is not my issue)
Please help.
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at com.teradata.tdgss.jtdgss.TdgssConfigApi.GetMechanisms(Unknown Source)
     at com.teradata.tdgss.jtdgss.TdgssManager.<init>(Unknown Source)
     at com.teradata.tdgss.jtdgss.TdgssManager.getInstance(Unknown Source)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.GenericTeraEncrypt.getGSSM(GenericTeraEncrypt.java:623)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.GenericTeraEncrypt.getConfig(GenericTeraEncrypt.java:641)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.GenericTeraEncrypt.getUserNameForOid(GenericTeraEncrypt.java:734)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.AuthMechanism.<init>(AuthMechanism.java:50)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.GenericLogonController.run(GenericLogonController.java:121)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc_4.TDSession.<init>(TDSession.java:209)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdk6.JDK6_SQL_Connection.<init>(JDK6_SQL_Connection.java:30)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdk6.JDK6ConnectionFactory.constructConnection(JDK6ConnectionFactory.java:22)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.ConnectionFactory.createConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:130)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.jdbc.ConnectionFactory.createConnection(ConnectionFactory.java:120)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver.doConnect(TeraDriver.java:220)
     at com.teradata.jdbc.TeraDriver.connect(TeraDriver.java:153)
     at oracle.jdeveloper.db.adapter.AbstractConnectionCreator.getConnection(AbstractConnectionCreator.java:153)
     at oracle.dbtools.thirdparty.teradata.TeradataConnectionCreator.getConnection(TeradataConnectionCreator.java:31)
     at oracle.jdeveloper.db.adapter.DatabaseProvider.getConnection(DatabaseProvider.java:325)
     at oracle.jdeveloper.db.adapter.DatabaseProvider.getConnection(DatabaseProvider.java:254)
     at oracle.jdevimpl.db.adapter.CADatabaseFactory.createConnectionImpl(CADatabaseFactory.java:60)
     at oracle.javatools.db.DatabaseFactory.createConnection(DatabaseFactory.java:534)
     at oracle.javatools.db.DatabaseFactory.createDatabase(DatabaseFactory.java:208)
     at oracle.jdeveloper.db.DatabaseConnections.getDatabase(DatabaseConnections.java:607)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections$ConnectionInfo.getDatabase(Connections.java:156)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections.getConnection(Connections.java:1043)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.utils.Connections.getConnection(Connections.java:1024)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.DatabaseConnection.openConnectionImpl(DatabaseConnection.java:115)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.AbstractConnectionNode.getConnection(AbstractConnectionNode.java:30)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.ConnectionFilter.getFactory(ConnectionFilter.java:94)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.ConnectionFilter$1.doWork(ConnectionFilter.java:119)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.navigator.ConnectionFilter$1.doWork(ConnectionFilter.java:104)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.backgroundTask.RaptorTask.call(RaptorTask.java:193)
     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
     at oracle.dbtools.raptor.backgroundTask.RaptorTaskManager$RaptorFutureTask.run(RaptorTaskManager.java:515)
     at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
     at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

Answer 1

Hi,
I did a web search for TdgssConfigApi.GetMechanisms null pointer and got lots of hits, but couldn't find any one specific cause. Some had issues with the version of the driver, some with placement of jar files in the correct location (depending on the version, there are 2 or 3), others with the format of the jdbc connect string.
Try searching for and reading over some of these. Perhaps you can determine if any match your situation.
Good luck,
Gary