# Connecting to DBF

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-dbf/11348>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-dbf/11348 "2016-03-11T14:05:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MoisesZV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e68b1a/32.png) [@MoisesZV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MoisesZV)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/connecting-to-dbf/11348/1 "2016-03-11T14:05:45Z")

</div>

Hi, I’m trying to connect to a DBF file from SAP, I just found one topic talking about this [https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=5960&p=16405&hilit=dbf&sid=6fedfdf16ce1342384db9e013304a6fb#p16405](https://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=5960&p=16405&hilit=dbf&sid=6fedfdf16ce1342384db9e013304a6fb#p16405)

but I’m having problem to activate the driver downloaded from [http://www.sesamesoftware.com/relational-junction/jdbc-database-drivers-products/relational-junction-dbf-jdbc-driver/relational-junction-dbf-file-jdbc-driver-documentation/#Driver%20Name](http://www.sesamesoftware.com/relational-junction/jdbc-database-drivers-products/relational-junction-dbf-jdbc-driver/relational-junction-dbf-file-jdbc-driver-documentation/#Driver%20Name)

I get an error “Cannot create JDBC driver of class ‘com.relationaljunction.jdbc.dbf.DBFDriver2’ for connect URL ‘jdbc:relationaljunction:DBF:C:/dbf/prodcon.dbf’”

```auto
org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class 'com.relationaljunction.jdbc.dbf.DBFDriver2' for connect URL 'jdbc:relationaljunction:DBF:C:/dbf/prodcon.dbf'
org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:1150)
org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:880)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.getConnectionInternal(DatasourceImpl.java:199)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.runTest(DatasourceImpl.java:155)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceManagerImpl$FaultedDatasourceRetryer$1.run(DatasourceManagerImpl.java:1121)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$TrackedTask.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:584)
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
java.sql.DriverManager.getDriver(Unknown Source)
org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.createDataSource(BasicDataSource.java:1143)
org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource.getConnection(BasicDataSource.java:880)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.getConnectionInternal(DatasourceImpl.java:199)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceImpl.runTest(DatasourceImpl.java:155)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.gateway.datasource.DatasourceManagerImpl$FaultedDatasourceRetryer$1.run(DatasourceManagerImpl.java:1121)
com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.execution.impl.BasicExecutionEngine$TrackedTask.run(BasicExecutionEngine.java:584)
java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
 Collapse

```

[attachment=1]1.png[/attachment]

[attachment=0]2.png[/attachment]