"Connection failed", "Cannot connect", "No suitable driver", "Error during Session Preparation", "ClassNotFoundException" Or "NoClassDefFoundError" Messages Signaled When Using JDBC Drivers With ODI

(Doc ID 424428.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Data Integrator - Version 4.1.01.05 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.



Symptoms

A Data Server has been created in the Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) Physical Architecture, using the "Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQLServer" (or else).

When the connection to this Data Server is tested, the following message is displayed:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not load JDBC driver class [com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver]
  at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.invocation.RemoteRuntimeAgentInvoker.invoke(RemoteRuntimeAgentInvoker.java:265)
  at oracle.odi.runtime.agent.invocation.RemoteRuntimeAgentInvoker.invokeTestDataServer(RemoteRuntimeAgentInvoker.java:780)
  at ...

Cause

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