Hi.
I am having trouble getting the above IDE service tab, DB connection
to a SQL 2000 DB.
I am using XP and a MS downloaded driver;
                 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC

I seem to get the driver register in the IDE but on connecting to a DB
it fails to connect and provides no error message.  I have to cancel
the process (after a long wait).

However, I have been able to get DB connection outside of the IDE with
a simple Java application.  The relevant statements I use in this
application (and also try in the IDE without success) are;

Class.forName( "com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver");
connection = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://
localhost:1433;DataBaseName=Shares;User=sa;Password=secret" );

This latter statement has the URL connection string I try to use.

Is there any one who can do this or indicate my issues please help?
Am I trying to use the MS driver out on context ?
Regards JC......