Java JDBC - How to connect to Oracle using Service Name instead of SID

java oracle jdbc connection-string service-name
Jim Tough picture Jim Tough · Jan 28, 2011 · Viewed 613.3k times · Source

I have a Java application that uses JDBC (via JPA) that was connecting to a development database using hostname, port and Oracle SID, like this:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@oracle.hostserver1.mydomain.ca:1521:XYZ

XYZ was the Oracle SID. Now I need to connect to a different Oracle database that does not use a SID, but uses an Oracle "Service Name" instead.

I tried this but it doesn't work:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@oracle.hostserver2.mydomain.ca:1522:ABCD

ABCD is the Service Name of the other database.

What am I doing wrong?

Answer

Bert F picture Bert F · Jan 28, 2011

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/java.111/b31224/urls.htm#BEIDHCBA

Thin-style Service Name Syntax

Thin-style service names are supported only by the JDBC Thin driver. The syntax is:

@//host_name:port_number/service_name

For example:

jdbc:oracle:thin:scott/tiger@//myhost:1521/myservicename

So I would try:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@//oracle.hostserver2.mydomain.ca:1522/ABCD

Also, per Robert Greathouse's answer, you can also specify the TNS name in the JDBC URL as below:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@(DESCRIPTION =(ADDRESS_LIST =(ADDRESS =(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=blah.example.com)(PORT=1521)))(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=BLAHSID)(GLOBAL_NAME=BLAHSID.WORLD)(SERVER=DEDICATED)))

Related questions

java.sql.SQLException: - ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded

I am getting an ORA-01000 SQL exception. So I have some queries related to it. Are maximum open cursors exactly related to number of JDBC connections, or are they also related to the statement and resultset objects we have created …

Read More
Using setDate in PreparedStatement

In order to make our code more standard, we were asked to change all the places where we hardcoded our SQL variables to prepared statements and bind the variables instead. I am however facing a problem with the setDate(). Here …

Read More
SQLException: No suitable Driver Found for jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/orcl

I am trying to develop a Java EE application that connect to an Oracle database from eb service class but I encounter a SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/orcl I have the ojdbc6.jar in …

Read More