The infamous java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found

Question

I\'m trying to add a database-enabled JSP to an existing Tomcat 5.5 application (GeoServer 2.0.0, if that helps).

The app itself talks to Postgres just fine, so I kn

Answer 1

I had this exact issue when developing a Spring Boot application in STS, but ultimately deploying the packaged war to WebSphere(v.9). Based on previous answers my situation was unique. ojdbc8.jar was in my WEB-INF/lib folder with Parent Last class loading set, but always it says it failed to find the suitable driver.

My ultimate issue was that I was using the incorrect DataSource class because I was just following along with online tutorials/examples. Found the hint thanks to David Dai comment on his own question here: Spring JDBC Could not load JDBC driver class [oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver]

Also later found spring guru example with Oracle specific driver: https://springframework.guru/configuring-spring-boot-for-oracle/

Example that throws error using org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource based on generic examples.

@Config
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class appDataConfig {
 \* Other Bean Defs *\
    @Bean
    public DataSource dataSource() {
        // configure and return the necessary JDBC DataSource
        DriverManagerDataSource dataSource = new DriverManagerDataSource("jdbc:oracle:thin:@//HOST:PORT/SID", "user", "password");
        dataSource.setSchema("MY_SCHEMA");
        return dataSource;
    }
}

And the corrected exapmle using a oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource:

@Config
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class appDataConfig {
/* Other Bean Defs */
@Bean
    public DataSource dataSource() {
        // configure and return the necessary JDBC DataSource
        OracleDataSource datasource = null;
        try {
            datasource = new OracleDataSource();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        datasource.setURL("jdbc:oracle:thin:@//HOST:PORT/SID");
        datasource.setUser("user");
        datasource.setPassword("password");

        return datasource;
    }
}