RoboHelp Server 10 Users: Have you configured an external db using JDBC?

[#1]

I'm trying to configure a new installation of Server 10 with SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition but I can't get past the RoboHelp Server Configuration Manager.

• I think I've created a correct database URL
• I think I've specified the correct JDBC driver class
• I'm using a database username and password that I created in SSMS, so I know it's correct
• I'm rather certain I've specified the correct path to the sqljdbc_4.1.jar file

And when I click "Test Connection," all I'm getting is "Connection failed."

Calling the RoboHelp Server 10 docs on this subject "sparse" would be generous. Are there additional undocumented steps that I need to do first?

Has anyone out there even gotten this to work?

[#2]

I'm trying to configure a new installation of Server 10 with SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition but I can't get past the RoboHelp Server Configuration Manager.

• I think I've created a correct database URL
• I think I've specified the correct JDBC driver class
• I'm using a database username and password that I created in SSMS, so I know it's correct
• I'm rather certain I've specified the correct path to the sqljdbc_4.1.jar file

And when I click "Test Connection," all I'm getting is "Connection failed."

Calling the RoboHelp Server 10 docs on this subject "sparse" would be generous. Are there additional undocumented steps that I need to do first?

Has anyone out there even gotten this to work?

[#3]

Hi Rocky,

Since you can connect to DB using SSMS i am sure you are using correct login credential. Just make sure you are providing other details for connection set-up in specified format. Below is example for the same:

   Field Example

Database URL ----- >      jdbc:sqlserver://NEON-I:1440;databaseName=RHSSQL12

Database User Name ------>      <your username>

Database Password           ------>      <your pwd>

JDBC Driver Class           ------>      com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver

JDBC Driver Path           ------>      C:\Users\labuser\Desktop\sql41.jar

Thanks,

Mohd Sameer

[#4 · Accepted solution]

I finally succeeded in this. The problem was two things:

• The user credentials did not have the correct permissions on the SQL Server instance
• The database URL was needlessly complex. All that was required was jdbc:sqlserver://localhost (specifying a databaseNAME property actually prevented it from working, for some reason)

Correcting these two issues solved the problem and I was able to successfully connect to the server.