Donnerstag, 3. Januar 2008

Adding JDBC driver in BIRT

I'm currently learning how to use BIRT, the open source Eclipse-based reporting system. After working through the tutorial I tried to add my own database, and so had to provide a JDBC driver for it. There are installation instructions on how to do it, but when testing the connection I always received org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc.JDBCException: Cannot load JDBC Driver class: org.sqlite.JDBC.

Only later I found a section in the online help where it says that the driver must be copied to a certain plugin directory first (/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc_2.0.0/drivers).

I've created an enhancement request for the installation instructions.


Update 2008-01-17: Obviously, it's not a bug but the effect of installing Eclipse in /opt with root ownership, and then starting Eclipse as a normal user.

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4 Kommentare:

Virgil hat gesagt…

Hi Steve,

Since you're new to BIRT, make sure to check out BIRT Exchange for examples.

This link probably would have helped.

http://www.birt-exchange.com/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=5&lid=169

29. Januar 2008 um 03:30
Virgil hat gesagt…

ok, the link didn't work... how about this:
Placing JDBC drivers...

29. Januar 2008 um 03:34
Steve hat gesagt…

Hi Virgil,

thanks for pointing out the URL, but this only describes runtime deployment. I still think a hint for Linux users should be added to the JDBC driver installation description, as it's common to not have write access to the Eclipse installation directory in Linux.

Anyways, thanks for mentioning BIRT Exchange, I habe an account there now, it certainly is a useful resource for BIRT users.

29. Januar 2008 um 10:18
Slux hat gesagt…

Thanks a lot!

16. Dezember 2011 um 09:31

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