Question

I’m connecting to an Oracle database with SQL Developer, the connection data was provided to me in XML form. I used the “Import Connection Descriptor” feature in SQL Developer and I can connect just fine. The XML looks like this:

<connections>
  <connection>
    <ConnectionType>JDBC</ConnectionType>
    <DeployPassword>false</DeployPassword>
    <user>user1</user>
    <ConnectionName>ccddda</ConnectionName>
    <URL>CCDDDA, CCDDD10A, CCDDD10A.ABCDEF.ABC</URL>
    <RaptorConnectionType>Oracle</RaptorConnectionType>
    <JdbcDriver>oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</JdbcDriver>
    <PWD>
      <![CDATA[01AB001AB001AB001AB001AB001AB01234]]>
    </PWD>
    <ORACLE_JDBC_TYPE>thin</ORACLE_JDBC_TYPE>
    <PREVIOUS_NAME>ccddd2_11</PREVIOUS_NAME>
  </connection>
</connections>

The problem is, I’m trying to create a database connection using the JPA perspective > Datasource Explorer in Eclipse.

My question is, how do I derive the JDBC values from the XML needed to establish the connection? The dialog is asking for the following:

Select a database manager: Oracle
JDBC driver: Oracle 10 - Oracle Thing Driver Default
SID: db /* selected by default */
Host: ?
Port Number: 1521 /* selected by default */
User name: ? /* I assume it's user1 */
Password: ?
Default Schema: ?
Catalog: User /* selected by default */

Any help is GREATLY appreciated!

Thanks, Rob

Answer 1

Look in these locations:

• Oracle SQL developer connection properties
• The TNSNAMES.ORA file