SQL error 145 querying a sqlexpress database

[pturmel]

This topic might help, too:

SQL Server Connection Faulted

You might need to downgrade. The case I encountered was a SQL Server 2008, which isn’t supported past driver 6.2. See this compatibility chart: I think with the correct driver, I didn’t need the extra connection properties, just the java.security changes. YMMV, of course.

But note that the oldest JDBC drivers don't work in java 11, IIRC.