JDBC Driver for Interbase XE3

WarriorOnTheEdg
WarriorOnTheEdg New Altair Community Member
edited November 5 in Community Q&A
I can't seem to get the jdbc driver for InterBase XE 64 bit (Developer Edition) to work in RMS 6.0.001.

After adding the driver I see this in the jdbc_properties.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<drivers>
  <driver dbnameseparator=":" defaultport="3050" driver_jar="C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\lib\interclient.jar" drivers="interbase.interclient.Driver" name="Interbase" urlprefix="jdbc:interbase://"/>
</drivers>

Note that I placed a copy of interclient.jar in "C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\lib\jdbc" and pointed RM to that directory.

The show database drivers dialog shows the interbase drive as unavailable.

TIA

Mark
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  • Marco_Boeck
    Marco_Boeck New Altair Community Member
    Hi,

    I just tried adding a DB driver for some DB not shipped with RM Studio and it worked fine for me. It did the following:

    1. Copy jdbc driver .jar into C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\lib\jdbc\ folder
    2. Start RM Studio, go to "Tools" -> "Manage Database Drivers"
    3. Click "Add", enter settings and point it to the driver .jar file and select the correct Driver class
    4. Click "Save"
    5. Restart RM Studio
    6. Go to "Tools" -> "Show Database Drivers" and there it is shown as available

    If the above does not work for you for some reason, you can also manually edit the jdbc_properties.xml (while RM Studio is closed) so it looks for example like this: 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    <drivers>
     <driver dbnameseparator="/" defaultport="1234" driver_jar="C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\lib\jdbc\derbyclient.jar" drivers="org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver" name="Derby" urlprefix="jdbc:derby://"/>
    </drivers>
    When you start RM Studio afterwards, it should show up in both dialogs and be ready for use.

    Regards,
    Marco
  • WarriorOnTheEdg
    WarriorOnTheEdg New Altair Community Member
    Hello Marco,

    I found in SQuirrel they recommend (full) url  like so:

    jdbc:interbase://<server>/<full_db_path>

    So I tried putting the url prefix in as:

    jdbc:interbase://

    The driver is now available and I can connect.

    For your reference jdbc_properties.xml is as follows:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
    <drivers>
      <driver dbnameseparator="/" defaultport="3050" driver_jar="C:\Program Files\RapidMiner\RapidMiner Studio\lib\jdbc\interclient.jar" drivers="interbase.interclient.Driver" name="Interbase" urlprefix="jdbc:interbase://"/>
    </drivers>

    Cheers,

    Mark




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