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How to resolve java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for SQLServer 2008 R2?

I have a sample code to connect to SQLServer is given below :
Connection conn=null;
try {
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
conn= DriverManager.getConnection(" jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;instance=SQLEXPRESS;databaseName=Test" );
System.out.println("connected");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
When I execute this code, I'm getting an exception given below :
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=Test
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:689)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:270)
at JDBCSample.main(JDBCSample.java:14)

I think the jar for SQLServer is not supporting or typo in the connection string.
Download SQLServer 2008 R2 compatible jar from here :
https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=11774
Steps :
Click on Download :
Select sqljdbc_6.0.8112.200_enu.tar.gz or sqljdbc_6.0.8112.200_enu.zip if shown.
Click on Next to start downloading.
After downloading, extract the content. Now, go into sqljdbc_6.0/enu/jre8 or sqljdbc_6.0/enu/jre7and copy the jar based on the jdk you are using.
Add the jar in the classpath of the project.
Fix this line
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(" jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=Test" );
to this by removing space.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=Test");

Seems like you need an JDBC driver supporting your type and version of your SQL Database. Maybe your version of the driver is the wrong one?
You should check this out: https://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2016/09/javasqlsqlexception-no-suitable-driver-mysql-jdbc-localhost.html
What is the DriverManager doing at lines 689 and 270?

No suitable driver found for jdbc:sqlserver:

I know this has been asked a hundred times and I think I have read all the posts and tried every variation of the solutions. I'm using NetBeans and new to it. I'm sure I'm just missing some small step because it seems like its just not seeing the driver that I added to the library. This is the first time I have tried to connect to a database so please be gentle.
try
{
String host = "jdbc:sqlserver://Server:1433;Database";
String uName = "User";
String uPass = "Password";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(host,uName,uPass);
System.out.println("Your are connected to SQLServer 2014");
}
catch (SQLException err)
{
System.out.println(err.getMessage());
}

You forgot to register the jdbc driver class.
Call
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
before calling Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(host,uName,uPass);.
It will resolve the issue.
UPDATE
In documentation for new jdbc drivers it is declared that this step is not necessary. But in practical work, I have found that this step is required even for new drivers, otherwise you will get "No suitable driver found" error. This error occurs sometimes, for example it does not occur when you are making and running a console jar-application, but occurs when you have created and deployed a web-application.
So, I advise to register the jdbc driver class before getting the database connection via DriverManager.getConnection() call.

Ucanaccess Connection not being created

I have a very interesting issue and I'm not having any luck finding the source of the issue.
My company recently updated to a newer version of Java and the old ODBC connection method for connecting to an MS Access DB is no longer working. So I'm in the process of updating to a new method.
I found Ucanaccess which seems to be a good alternative as the connection is read only.
So following the getting started I updated the details in the code for Ucanaccess.
This is where i ran into a interesting problem.
I've added the following to my project
ucanaccess-3.0.4.jar
commons-lang-2.6.jar
commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
hsqldb.jar
jackcess-2.1.3.jar
and update the connection creation code to the following
System.out.println("Establisting Connection.....");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:ucanaccess://Z:\\Database\\test.accdb");
System.out.println("Connection Establisted.....");
The first database I used was password protected so I thought that might be causing the issue so I switched to a new database. The second database was on a shared drive so i mapped the location to the above. Even with those two changes I'm still getting the same issue.
The problem is that each time i run the DriverManager.getConnection line the code it never reaches the System.out.println("Connection Establisted....."); line. There is no error messages and the program is still running so no crash. The strange thing is that if i put an invalid path in i do get to that line. Though i do get an error saying the file doesn't exist.
I've had no luck tracking down a solution to this issue.

I think could be problems with the URL connection. It works for me:
public class ConnectionUcanaccess {
static
{
try {
Class.forName("net.ucanaccess.jdbc.UcanaccessDriver");
System.out.println("driver loaded");
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("the class driver can't be loaded");
}
}
static Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
return DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:ucanaccess:///Users/shared/Desktop/database.accdb");
}
public static void main(String[] args){
try {
Connection con = ConnectionUcanaccess.getConnection();
System.out.println("Connected: " + !con.isClosed());
} catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println("Error:" + e.getMessage());
}
}
}

Access (.mdb) Database manipulation with jdbc

Background: Working on an application to be run on an Apache server hosted by Network Solutions. Friend/Customer insisted on using an Access Database instead of SQL database.
Current Problem: Wrote a Java test program to make sure I can connect to the database before I dive head first into writing the whole backend. When I run this code on the JVM of the apache server the final product will be hosted:
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Class driverClass = Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
DriverManager.registerDriver((Driver) driverClass.newInstance());
// set this to a MS Access DB you have on your machine
String filename = new File(".").getCanonicalPath() + "/ITEMS.mdb";
String database = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=";
database+= filename.trim(); // add on to the end
// now we can get the connection from the DriverManager
System.out.println(database);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( database );
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage() + " " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
I get a null pointer exception on the line Connection conn= DriverManager.getConnection( database)
Here is the stacktrace:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.initialize(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:436)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:153)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:582)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:207)
at test.main(test.java:20)
To write this test I used this as my primary source: http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=2691&lngWId=2

String strconnect="jdbc:odbc:DRIVER=Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb);DBQ="
Sring filename="some path";
StringBuilder a =new StringBuilder();
a.append(strconnect);
a.append(filename);
String db = a.toString();
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection c= DriverManager.getrConnection(db,"","")
Statement stmt = c.createStament();
String query = "some query";
stmt.executeQuery(query);
c.close();
Never get canonical Path, Either Specify the path of the access file or use JFile Explore and get path
also don't forget to close connection

Since you mention apache, I will presume that the server is running Linux or BSD.
In that case, please have a look at the following:
Connecting to access database from linux
Good Linux ODBC drivers for Access are expensive! (US$850 for a single machine!)
There is no default drivers for Access provided on linux, and the JDBC ODBC won't work unless you install one.
Unless there is a very special and overwhelming good reason for using an Access database as the backend to a website on a linux server, tell your friend that this is not technically or even economically coherent.
If you need a lightweight database on the server, use SQLite: it's free, there is good support for connecting to it from Java in linux, there is good tooling (even browser plugins), and you can always convert that database to Access if your friend want to get an Access backup once in a while.
Otherwise, go for PostgreSQL or MySQL like everyone does (generally for a good reason).

General JDBC Setup

So I have a MySQL database set up on a Debian server and it works fine from a phpMyAdmin client. I'm currently working on a project to write a Java server that would be able to use the MySQL database that is already on this server through a JDBC connection. I've looked at many tutorials and documentations but all of them seem to just explain how to do client-side code, but I have yet to figure out how to even successfully open a JDBC connection to the server. As far as I am concerned, I believe that program has the drivers properly set up because it's not crashing anymore (I simply direct the Java Build Path of my program to the Connector/J provided by MySQL). As far as my program goes, this is what it looks like...
import java.sql.*;
public class JDBCTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Started!");
try {
DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
System.out.println("Driver registered. Connecting...");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/", "root", "password");
System.out.println("Connected!");
conn.close();
} catch (SQLException e) {
System.out.println("Error!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
This is what's printed...
Started!
Driver registered. Connecting...
It's as if the DriverManager.getConnection(String) just freezes there. I'm sure this is a problem with the server because when I intentionally misspell localhost, or an IP address, the program crashes within 20 seconds. This just hangs there forever.
Sorry about this wall of text, but my final question is if anyone has any information what I should do or install on the server to get this to work? Thank you so much!

Try following:
public class MySqlDemo {
public static void main(String [] args) {
java.sql.Connection conn = null;
System.out.println("SQL Test");
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?user=root&password=");
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
System.exit(0);
}
System.out.println("Connection established");
}

You have to provide the name of the Schema to which you are connecting. Usually, the port is also added.
This is a sample connection string:
jdbc:mysql://repos.insttech.washington.edu:3306/johndoe?user=johndoe&password=jddb
3306 is the port and the first instance of johndoe is the name of the Schema. The second instance of johndoe is the username.

It could be that the Connector/J library is trying to use a named pipe to connect to the MySQL server rather than using TCP/IP and for some reason the named pipe isn't available. Try specifying a port number.
You may also want to try turning on some logging in Connector/J's configuration as described here.

Try putting port number and schema there
Try logging into database using some SQL client, may be SQL console
Try other drivers, may be some newer or perhaps older