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Bug 118443

Summary:	Warn if driver is missing when user clicks Access Database Using JDBC checkbox
Product:	ruby	Reporter:	Chris Kutler <ckutler>
Component:	Project	Assignee:	issues@ruby <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	pjiricka
Priority:	P2
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description Chris Kutler 2007-10-10 21:17:59 UTC

When working with VWP I saw a very frequent user error where the users did not make the database driver available to the
server. It is too soon to tell, but we see this problem with Rails apps as well. So far we have just heard from one user
who checked the Access Database Using JDBC checkbox and then didn't relate the subsequent errors they saw  to the fact
that the server didn't see the driver.

I realize that there are several database options, and can be more than one driver that works for a specific database
server, but is there anyway we can warn, if they check this box, that the driver is missing? Or maybe when they click
Finish? 

Note: Tor responded...

That would be nice. Ideally, we should do some more work here such that we also actually connect to the database in the
Services window such that you can operate on the database there - and vice versa: if you've configured a database
connection there you can easily reuse it for your Rails projects.