Done, see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/GEOS-5063
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you open a JIRA issue describing the problem. I can imagine to offer > both possibilities on the GUI, having a drop box showing all detected > drivers and alternatively an entry field for the class name. Obviously, this > is needed to support Informix. > > > Zitat von thegis <[email protected]>: > > >> Hi Christian, >> >> Thanks for your help and tests. Unfortunately I cannot test >> authentication on another database. Informix is not crucial for us, >> but it would still be nice support it through the new security system. >> >> Looking at the Informix docs, it seems that the driver needs to be >> discovered through Class.forName [1] and instantiated with >> DriverManager.getConnection(url) [2]. >> >> [1] >> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.jdbc_pg.doc/jdbc51.htm >> [2] >> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/idshelp/v10/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.jdbc_pg.doc/jdbc48.htm >> >> Cheers, Torsten >> >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi thegis, I did some tests. >>> >>> In my environment I have installed the following drivers. >>> >>> oracle >>> db2 >>> h2 >>> postgres >>> mysql >>> hsqld >>> ms sqlserver >>> jdbc.odbc bridge >>> >>> I get all this drivers in the combo box. >>> >>> I downloaded the informix driver and interestingly, this is the only one >>> NOT >>> appearing in the list. >>> >>> No idea what is going on. Could you choose another database for your >>> tests ? >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> Zitat von thegis <[email protected]>: >>> >>> >>>>>> The question is therefore how to add an additional JDBC driver so that >>>>>> it can be selected with the "New Authentication Provider" page? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> The panel used DriverManager.getDrivers to find available jdbc drivers. >>>>> >>>>> 1) Where did you download, I found the drivers here >>>>> >>>>> http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/search.jsp?go=y&rs=ifxjdbc >>>>> >>>>> 2) try to put the jar file(s) into JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext directory of >>>>> the >>>>> java installation used by geoserver. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks Christian, I've tried with an old driver (3.00) and later with >>>> the latest version (3.70) from 1), installed it and copied all jar's >>>> to JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext. The ext folder now contains the following >>>> jars: ifxjdbc.jar ifxjdbcx.jar ifxlang.jar ifxlsupp.jar >>>> ifxsqlj.jar ifxtools.jar >>>> >>>> Unfortunately that didn't seem to work as the IfxDriver is still not >>>> shown in the driver class dropdown box.. >>>> >>>> I've tried with Java 1.7 and 1.6 and also added >>>> META-INF/services/java.sql.Driver to the jars in case they are needed >>>> for the discovery through DriverManager.getDrivers. But that didn't >>>> worked either. Any other ideas? >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >>> >>> >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Geoserver-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users
