FMW 12c Database Configuration Throws "Cannot load driver: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver Error"

(Doc ID 2298799.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 31, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Fusion Middleware - Version 12.2.1.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After loading Metadata repository schema onto an MS SQL Server database via RCU, when running the config.sh script to create an ADF domain. the Database Configuration Type screen (3 of 9) fails with " Cannot load driver: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver " error:

Changes

The solutions given in the following notes were tried, but they did not help.

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Cause

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