# Perspective 8.3 Upgrade Issue: JDBC driver

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-upgrade-issue-jdbc-driver/112045>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 7, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-upgrade-issue-jdbc-driver/112045 "2025-11-07T18:30:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-8-3-upgrade-issue-jdbc-driver/112045/2 "2025-11-07T18:34:11Z")

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Copy the full error stack(click that copy button) and post it here as pre-formatted text. Please see [Wiki - how to post code on this forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wiki-how-to-post-code-on-this-forum/77831).

The chopped off text contains important information for troubleshooting.

Additionally, you should check to see if the SQL server Driver is actually present in the JDBC driver folder on your gateway. It should come with Ignition on install but maybe something happened.

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