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Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Software Architect 9.0
Rational Software Architect for WebSphere Software 9.0
Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software Fix Pack 3 (8.0.4.3) for 8.0.4
Rational Application Developer Standard Edition Fix Pack 3 (8.0.4.3) for 8.0.4
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Abstract: Attempting to create a new database connection profile results in an empty JDBC driver list when using a workspace created by another product When trying to connect, the error Ping failed! java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver is shown. Problem: 1. Install Rational Developer for System z 8.0.3.2 2. Open a new workspace with Rational Developer for System z 3. Open the Data Development perspective. Within the view Data Source Explorer, click on New Connection Profile 4. Install Rational Application Developer 8.0.4.2 into the Rational Developer for System z shell 5. Open the workspace from step 2 with Rational Application Developer 6. Click on New Connection Profile within the view Data Source Explorer. Select the Database Manager DB2 for z/OS Actual Result: List of JDBC drivers is empty Expected Result: List of JDBC drivers contains drivers to connect to DB2 for z/OS Opening the menu Window ? Preferences, preference page Data Management ? Connectivity ? Driver Definitions shows a long list of driver profiles Local fix: Use one of the two workarounds: a) Create a new workspace. A new workspace will not experience this problem. b) If you wish to re-use the pre-existing workspace, re-add the various driver profiles to the driver definition window as described below: 1. Open the menu Window ? Preferences, open the preference page Data Management ? Connectivity ? Driver Definitions 2. Click on the button Add... to launch the window New Driver Definition 3. Select any of the driver profiles that you wish to add and since these are templates there is no need to modify any fields. Just select the 'OK' button and this will now add the driver profile to the driver definition window. Note: Please note that some of the templates above will show the message 'Unable to locate JAR/zip in file system as specified by the driver definition'. This is expected behavior. Note: Some of the templates such as the z/OS driver profile templates will show the message 'Required property in driver definition missing value: Database Name.' This is expected behavior. If you see such a warning, switch to the tab Properties and enter any value into the text field Database Name. The value is only required for the purpose of adding a new driver profile. When you create a new database connection in a later step, the product will prompt you explicitly for the database name 4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 as for each driver profiles you would like to use. Click OK to save the changes Any added driver profiles will show up when creating a new database connection profile in the Data Source Explorer view
Local fix
Problem summary
Following up on the APAR Error Description, the products each have many default defined driver profiles. The majority of these driver profiles are common between the products however each product has a few unique ones that the other product does not have. When a workspace is created by one product, all of the driver profiles are loaded. When it is then later opened by the same product nothing happens since there wouldn't be any changes to the default defined driver profiles. However, when the same workspace is then opened by the other product, in this case there are a 'few unique' driver profiles that need to be added. There was a bug where instead of adding the few new unique ones we actually overwrote the main list and only the unique ones were added. Hence it looked as if almost all of the driver profiles were missing.
Problem conclusion
The fix for this APAR is included in Rational Application Developer v8.0.4.3 and later products.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PM81906
Reported component name
RATL APP DEV WI
Reported component ID
5724J1901
Reported release
804
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2013-02-01
Closed date
2013-10-28
Last modified date
2013-10-28
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
RATL APP DEV WI
Fixed component ID
5724J1901
Applicable component levels
R804 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
28 October 2013