SQLException: No suitable driver found for connectionStr

Question

I tried connect to MS SQL server in testng Java project using Spring JDBCtemplate. I have placed sqljdbc42 in java build path. I"m using Java Se 1.8. I"m using window authentication when connection using SSMS. Below is my code:

try {  
    dataSource.setDriverClassName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
    dataSource.setUrl("jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433;instance=KUL11N0099313\\SQLEXPRESS\\test");
    dataSource.setUsername("wims\\kwong");
    dataSource.setPassword("");
} catch (Exception ex) {
    LogManager.logger.log(Level.INFO, "Exception: " + ex.getMessage());
} 

Error Message from debug variables:

CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433;instance=KUL11N0099313\\SQLEXPRESS\\test

Please help. What is the cause of the problem? Is it connection string error? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

According to the driver documentation , the connection string should be of the general form

jdbc:sqlserver://[serverName[\\instanceName][:portNumber]][;property=value[;property=value]]

So you might have to remove microsoft from your connection string.