I am trying to use MS Sql Server Express 2005 with Hibernate and I keep getting the error "Could not obtain connection metadata, java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver".

Can anyone offer any advice

Thanks

The mapping file I used is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">password</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://THIS\SQLExpress;DatabaseName=Testing;SelectMethod=cursor</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">me</property>
<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect</property>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>


Stack Trace:

Could not obtain connection metadata
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:545)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:140)
at org.hibernate.connection.DriverManagerConnectionProvider.getConnection(DriverManagerConnectionProvider.java:110)
at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:72)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:1823)
at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1143)
at com.sia.server.common.hibernate.HibernateSessionFactory.getSession(HibernateSessionFactory.java:33)
at com.sia.server.job.dao.JobDAO.getJobs(JobDAO.java:40)
at com.sia.server.job.ejb.JobBean.getJobs(JobBean.java:56)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.invocation.Invocation.performCall(Invocation.java:345)
at org.jboss.ejb.StatelessSessionContainer$ContainerInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionContainer.java:214)
at org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionInterceptor.invoke(CachedConnectionInterceptor.java:149)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInstanceInterceptor.java:154)
at org.jboss.webservice.server.ServiceEndpointInterceptor.invoke(ServiceEndpointInterceptor.java:54)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.CallValidationInterceptor.invoke(CallValidationInterceptor.java:48)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.AbstractTxInterceptor.invokeNext(AbstractTxInterceptor.java:106)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorCMT.runWithTransactions(TxInterceptorCMT.java:335)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.TxInterceptorCMT.invoke(TxInterceptorCMT.java:166)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:153)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.LogInterceptor.invoke(LogInterceptor.java:192)
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.invoke(ProxyFactoryFinderInterceptor.java:122)
at org.jboss.ejb.SessionContainer.internalInvoke(SessionContainer.java:624)
at org.jboss.ejb.Container.invoke(Container.java:873)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:141)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:80)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:72)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:245)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:644)
at org.jboss.invocation.local.LocalInvoker$MBeanServerAction.invoke(LocalInvoker.java:155)
at org.jboss.invocation.local.LocalInvoker.invoke(LocalInvoker.java:104)
at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invokeLocal(InvokerInterceptor.java:179)
at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invoke(InvokerInterceptor.java:165)
at org.jboss.proxy.TransactionInterceptor.invoke(TransactionInterceptor.java:46)
at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:55)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.StatelessSessionInterceptor.invoke(StatelessSessionInterceptor.java:97)
at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:86)
at $Proxy61.getJobs(Unknown Source)
at com.sia.ui.controller.ListJobsController.handleRequest(ListJobsController.java:46)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.handle(SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.java:44)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:717)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:658)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:392)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:347)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:697)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:810)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.filters.ReplyHeaderFilter.doFilter(ReplyHeaderFilter.java:81)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.CustomPrincipalValve.invoke(CustomPrincipalValve.java:39)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityAssociationValve.java:159)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:59)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:856)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:744)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:527)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.MasterSlaveWorkerThread.run(MasterSlaveWorkerThread.java:112)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Are you using SSO or DB authentication. SSO could require extra libs to operate correcty.

To be perfectly honest I dont know, how do I check?

I can connec to the DB using SQL Server Authentication in MS SQL Server Management Studio Express with the same username and password.

I have selected the SQL Express to run in mixed security mode, is there some other settings required to work with Hibernate?

Can you confirm that SQL Express 2005 is compatible with Hibernate? Do you recommend an particular driver?

Thanks again

I have not used 2005 express (but it is likely I will soon) and I have not used MS diver (once I did just to try it out) but use jTDS. The settings for authentication are within the database itself and easy anough to get to (and change). Hibernate is fine if you can get the JDBC driver talking to it correctly. Sorry I cannot help much further.

Thanks for the replies and advice.

I was using the wrong connection URL format. I used jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://... which is for SQL Server 2000 and should have used jdbc:sqlserver://... for 2005.

I think they use different URLs so you can connect to two different DB instances, of differen versions, within the same app and therefore reference the correct driver, but thats a guess.