Testing a New Driver

Once you have added a driver, you can test it.

To test a connected driver:

  1. Right-click on the driver or connection in the Explorer and select Test Driver from the context menu.
  2. In the dialog that appears, enter the connection information (database URL, user name, and
    password) and click OK.
  3. If all values shown in the output correspond with the actual database, you can use the drive.
  4. If an "unsupported exception" appears, test to make sure that the data displayed
    in the output window is valid -- for example,. that the number of tables or columns
    in the table corresponds with the actual data.
The system returns the "Internal test driver failed" message when
it finds a return value of 0 or an exception. If your database is empty
or a table has no foreign references, the driver itself might not be the cause of the failure.
See also

Adding a New Driver
Connecting to a Database


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