# Unable to connect to SQL Server 2000

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database, ignition80\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-connect-to-sql-server-2000/42247 "2021-01-14T15:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/unable-to-connect-to-sql-server-2000/42247/3 "2021-01-14T18:11:19Z")

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I had to use jTDS.

> [@java.sql.SQLException after migration 7.9 to 8.1 and with SQL Server 2005 Database Connection](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-sql-sqlexception-after-migration-7-9-to-8-1-and-with-sql-server-2005-database-connection/41526/2):
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> The newer versions of the jdbc driver dropped support for the older versions. I ended up using jTDS for those. [https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtds/files/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/jtds/files/) EDIT: The reason I went this route was that M$ (bless their hearts) obfuscated download locations of their earlier versions of jdbc drivers, and I still needed to connect to later instance versions as well. So I added it as a separate driver.

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