Pentaho DI Connection driver issues - sql-server

Question

I'm having issues adding a MSSQL SERVER connection to Pentaho Data Intergration.
I tried the following:
I have downloaded the latest jdbc drivers (sqljdbc42) and moved them
to the lib folder
I have created a new user in SQL SERVER and gave it all rights...didn't help.
very sure about username/password and login settings
reinstalled pentaho multiple times, reinstalled the jdbc drivers
I'm have a mac but use windows on parallels, and I work from this environment.
This is the error that I'm getting:
Error connecting to database [Velo]
:org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: Error
occurred while trying to connect to the database
Error connecting to database: (using class
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver) Login failed for user
'DBklaartje'. ClientConnectionId:33c3d571-4128-4c2d-b5a6-1290e06438e8
org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: Error occurred
while trying to connect to the database
Error connecting to database: (using class
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver) Login failed for user
'DBklaartje'. ClientConnectionId:33c3d571-4128-4c2d-b5a6-1290e06438e8
at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:472)
at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:370)
at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:341)
at org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connect(Database.java:331)
at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseFactory.getConnectionTestReport(DatabaseFactory.java:80)
at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.DatabaseMeta.testConnection(DatabaseMeta.java:2783)
at
org.pentaho.ui.database.event.DataHandler.testDatabaseConnection(DataHandler.java:597)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulDomContainer.invoke(AbstractXulDomContainer.java:313)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:157)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:141)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton.access$500(SwtButton.java:43)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton$4.widgetSelected(SwtButton.java:137)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820) at
org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:80) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:47) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.XulDatabaseDialog.open(XulDatabaseDialog.java:116)
at
org.pentaho.di.ui.core.database.dialog.DatabaseDialog.open(DatabaseDialog.java:60)
at
org.pentaho.di.ui.repository.repositoryexplorer.controllers.ConnectionsController.editConnection(ConnectionsController.java:363)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulDomContainer.invoke(AbstractXulDomContainer.java:313)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:157)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.impl.AbstractXulComponent.invoke(AbstractXulComponent.java:141)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton.access$300(SwtButton.java:43)
at
org.pentaho.ui.xul.swt.tags.SwtButton$2.mouseUp(SwtButton.java:103)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.runEventLoop(Window.java:820) at
org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.open(Window.java:796) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:80) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.xul.KettleDialog.show(KettleDialog.java:47) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.repository.repositoryexplorer.RepositoryExplorer.show(RepositoryExplorer.java:146)
at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon$24$1.run(Spoon.java:4045) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(Unknown Source) at
org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Unknown Source)
at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.readAndDispatch(Spoon.java:1366) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.waitForDispose(Spoon.java:8022) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.start(Spoon.java:9277) at
org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.main(Spoon.java:692) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at
org.pentaho.commons.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:92) Caused
by: org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException: Error
connecting to database: (using class
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver) Login failed for user
'DBklaartje'. ClientConnectionId:33c3d571-4128-4c2d-b5a6-1290e06438e8
at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:585)
at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.normalConnect(Database.java:456)
... 62 more Caused by:
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Login failed for user
'DBklaartje'. ClientConnectionId:33c3d571-4128-4c2d-b5a6-1290e06438e8
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDatabaseError(SQLServerException.java:217)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSTokenHandler.onEOF(tdsparser.java:279)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSParser.parse(tdsparser.java:99)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.sendLogon(SQLServerConnection.java:4346)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.logon(SQLServerConnection.java:3160)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.access$100(SQLServerConnection.java:43)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection$LogonCommand.doExecute(SQLServerConnection.java:3123)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSCommand.execute(IOBuffer.java:7505)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.executeCommand(SQLServerConnection.java:2445)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(SQLServerConnection.java:1981)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.login(SQLServerConnection.java:1628)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectInternal(SQLServerConnection.java:1459)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(SQLServerConnection.java:773)
at
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(SQLServerDriver.java:1168)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at
java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at
org.pentaho.di.core.database.Database.connectUsingClass(Database.java:561)
... 63 more
Hostname :DESKTOP-LM88EPQ Port :1433 Database name
:Velo

Answer 1

Apparently this issue was caused because of an authentication issue with the driver. If you download your drivers (sqljdbc), also copy the file 'sqljbdc_auth.dll' to %PENTAHO_HOME%\design-tools\data-integration\libswt\win64
This will make sure your users and logins get the proper authorisation.

Answer 2

On the Database connection definition, between the Test and the Explore button, you have a Feature List which gives you all the parameters used by the PDI for that connection.
Check the the driver class on line 20 (sometime you have more than one on your classpath).
Then drop the url on line 21, in your SQL-Developer or equivalent.
You can also write your own java class ; replace the driver, url, username, password by the walue ayou are using; compile it; run it; it tell you what went wrong.
import java.sql.DriverManager;
public class TestConnection {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
DriverManager.getConnection("url", "username", "password");
System.out.println("Ok");
}
}