User`s guide
3 Working with Data Sources
3-10
Vendor Error Message Probable Causes Resolution
Microsoft
Access
[Microsoft][ODBC
Microsoft Access Driver]
‘(unknown)’ is not a valid
path. make sure that
the path name is spelled
correctly and that you are
connected to the server on
which the file resides
Error occurs in the
Connection Failure
dialog box after clicking
Connect in the
Connect to a Data
Source dialog box.
The file location of
the Microsoft Access
database is incorrect.
Verify the location of the
database file. Modify
the existing file location
by selecting New >
ODBC and selecting the
existing database name
from the ODBC Data
Source Administrator
dialog box. Then select
Configure to change
the database file
location.
Microsoft
SQL
Server
The TCP/IP connection to
the host hostname, port
portnumber has failed.
Error: “null. Verify the
connection properties,
check that an instance of
SQL Server is running
on the host and accepting
TCP/IP connections at
the port, and that no
firewall is blocking TCP
connections to the port.”
Incorrect server name
or port number.
Verify your database
server name and your
port number. Microsoft
SQL Server uses a
dynamic port for JDBC.
Verify the value using
Microsoft SQL Server
Configuration Manager.
For details, see “Step 2.
Verify the port number.”
on page 2-33
Microsoft
SQL
Server
This driver is not
configured for integrated
authentication.
The Microsoft SQL
Server Windows
authentication
library is not added to
javalibrarypath.txt.
Add the Microsoft
SQL Server Windows
authentication library to
javalibrarypath.txt.
For details about
configuring a
Microsoft SQL Server
Authenticated Database
Connection, see
“Microsoft SQL Server
JDBC for Windows” on
page 2-33.