This page provides information about how to run the JDBC tester to check whether the JDBC connection is working.

We can use this tool when a connection to a database server is failing either in CAST MS when attempting to connect to a management database or Delivery Manager Tool when extracting a database.

1. Retrieve the latest version of the JDBC Tester Tool in : \\Productfs01\Engbuild\ExtraBuilds\Tools\CAST-JDBCTester
   
   
2. Execute the JDBC tester by executing the CAST-JDBCTesterGUI.jar. It will open the JDBC Tester GUI as shown below :
   
3. Select the advanced mode : click View and select Advanced mode as shown below :
   
   
   
4. Select the JDBC Driver you would like to test the connectivity for :     
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5.  Once you have selected the JDBC driver, fill the credential: the Server URL, the user name, and the password as shown below:     
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6. In the advanced tab, put a query to be run by the JDBC connector as shown below :  
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7. Then, click Run and check the connection log file as shown below :   
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8. You need to make sure to match the encryption parameters (Properties) as the customer server configuration for the Oracle server 
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9. If the above steps do not solve your issue please contact CAST Technical Support