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Required Software/Libraries

You will need to install a Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) as well as the required JDBC drivers. The minimum version of the JRE required is 1.4.
The supported databases and the corresponding JDBC jar file are listed below. You must download and copy the required JDBC jar files the application "lib" folder (if not already present).

Supported Databases Required JDBC Driver File Name
Oracle 8 or later oracle-jdbc-1.4.jar
DB2 8.2 or later db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar
SQL Server 2005 sqljdbc-1.1.jar
PostgreSQL 8 or later postgresql-8.3-603.jdbc3.jar
Derby 10 or later apache-derby-10.2.1.6.jar
MySQL 4.1 or later mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar

Important Note: The JDBC jar files must have the correct name. Please refer to the appropriate script files for details.
If you install a new JDBC driver, you must restart the program in order for the driver to be loaded into the classpath.

Downloading JDBC Drivers

For your convenience, here are the links to the web pages where you can download the JDBC drivers for the supported databases:

Database URL
Oracle http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/index.html
DB2 http://www.ibm.com/support/us/
(Search for "DB2 Personal Developers Edition: Redistributable JDBC Type 4 Driver Downloads")
SQL Server http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ref/jdbc
(Click on "Download SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver 1.1")
PostgreSQL http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html
Derby http://db.apache.org/derby/derby_downloads.html
MySQL http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html

File: jdbc_drivers.bhtml Last Modified: August 9, 2008