ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator

Technote (FAQ)
Problem
Getting the Oracle error: "ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator"
using Oracle JDBC OCI Driver with WebSphere Application Server's Data Source
Solution
You get the ORA-06401: NETCMN: invalid driver designator because the combination of "URL prefix" (for JDBC Driver) and "Database name" (for DataSource) was incorrectly specified when configuring WebSphere DataSource.

The correct syntax is:

JDBC Driver:

URL prefix: jdbc:oracle:oci8

DataSource:

Database name: @<database>


where <database> is either an entry in tnsnames.ora or a SQL*net name-value pair.












Document Information

Product categories: Software, Application Servers, Distributed Application & Web Servers, WebSphere Application Server, Administrative Console (all non-scripting)
Operating system(s): AIX, HPUX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000, Windows NT
Software version: 3.5
Software edition: Standard, Advanced
Reference #: 1007110
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: 2002-07-25