--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "cpcfreak" <Justin_Holland@...> wrote:

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> > Yep, followed these steps, but unfortunately still get the message "Cannot find JDBC driver" or similar. I appreciate that to get help from this list I should post the exact error messages, but unfortunately I can't get to a suitable machine to do so for a few days.
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> > > Mark
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> Hi,
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> The SQL Developer manual it states that SQL Developer's Firebird support was developed for Firebird version 1.5. I was able to get it working fine with Jaybird 1.5.6 on a Firebird 1.5.6 database.
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> I haven't tested any versions other than 1.5.6, you should test matched versions of Jaybird and Firebird. I have had similar problems to those you describe when I have inadvertently loaded Jaybird 2.x with Firebird 1.5.6 on SQuirrel SQL, DBVisualiser, Eclipse, iReport and other similar software.

Thanks Justin, you are right - it connects with Jaybird 1.5.6 but there is a GDS Exception 335544569 (token unknown CHARACTER_LENGTH). I have found several posts relating to this error and it seems to be a problem with version 1.5.6 of Jaybird (presumably when connecting to 2.x servers).

As I wish to use a 2.5 server, I think that unfortunately I cannot use this tool which is a pity because it looks very good.

Thanks again to everyone who helped me on this list.

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> At least that should get you started on solving your problem, I'm not sure if it will help you if you are using Firebird 2.x!
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> Regards,
> Justin.
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