Why do I get java.lang.AbstractMethodError: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection error?

Question

I already read Why do I get java.lang.AbstractMethodError when trying to load a blob in the db?, downloaded all of the 11g jdbc drivers I could find, and added them as libr

Answer 1

As others have said this is due to an older Oracle JDBC driver.

In my case replacing ojdbc14.jar (Oracle JDBC driver 10.1.0.5.0) with ojdbc16.jar (Oracle JDBC driver 11.2.0.4.0) fixed the problem.