This page last changed on Aug 07, 2009 by jlargman.

Use Oracle with thin Oracle 10g JDBC drivers

We recommend you to use the following configuration to run Confluence with Oracle:

  • Regardless of what version of the Oracle database you are using, you should use the Oracle 10g JDBC drivers. (Note: Oracle 10g JDBC drivers will not work with Oracle 8.1.6
    see Oracle FAQ)
  • We highly recommend to use the thin drivers.

Also see:

Running Confluence on Websphere with Oracle database

If you are planning to run Confluence on a Websphere application server and Oracle database, you should read the information on Known Issues for Websphere.

24-hour time format with Oracle 8i

We have received a report from a user that when an Oracle 8i database is configured to use 24-hour time as the default format, an exception like this may occur:

005-12-06 13:23:20 Loading root WebApplicationContext


2005-12-06 13:24:34 StandardContext[]: Exception sending context initialized event to listener instance
of class com.atlassian.confluence.util.ConfluenceContextLoaderListener

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userAccessor' defined in class path resource [applicationContext.xml]:
Can't resolve reference to bean 'userAccessorTarget' while setting property 'target';
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'userAccessorTarget' defined in class path
resource [applicationContext.xml]: Can't resolve reference to bean 'spacePermissionManager' while setting property 'spacePermissionManager';
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'spacePermissionManager' defined in class path resource [securityContext.xml]:
Can't resolve reference to bean 'spacePermissionManagerTarget' while setting property 'target';
nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException:
Error creating bean with name 'spacePermissionManagerTarget' defined in class path resource [securityContext.xml]: Initialization of bean failed;
nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.UncategorizedSQLException: (Hibernate operation): encountered SQLException [Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory];
nested exception is org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory

...

org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory, cause:


java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1


ORA-12705: invalid or unknown NLS parameter value specified

One symptom of this problem is that Confluence may refuse to start after midday.

The workaround is to go to 'General Configuration' and set the default time format to "HH:mm".

ORA-01430: column being added already exists in table

If any of confluence tables exist in other oracle schemas in the "same database", those tables will not be created, impairing bits of Confluence functionality that depend on those table(s).
This issue has been filed in CONF-3613.

There is a work around however as found by one of our customers:

    CREATE VIEW wiki_dev.all_objects
    AS
    SELECT *
    FROM sys.all_objects
    WHERE owner = 'WIKI_DEV'
    ;

Configuring Database Character Encoding

Refer to Configuring Database Character Encoding.

Knowledge Base Articles

Unable to Configure Oracle Data Source in Websphere (Confluence Knowledge Base) Labels: websphere, oracle, confluence
java.sql.SQLException ORA-00942 table or view does not exist (db permissions) (Confluence Knowledge Base) Labels: database, oracle, installation, confluence
Unable to Install Oracle on Websphere due to Classloader Preferences (Confluence Knowledge Base) Labels: websphere, oracle
RELATED TOPICS

Database Setup for Oracle

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