KB-1526 "Unknown database ''" error thrown during JBoss startup

Nick Vigilante — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:05:21 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/19/2018 2:05:21 PM

Symptoms

The following error is thrown during JBoss startup:

12:14:45,984 WARN [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.PoolBySubject] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) IJ000604: Throwable while attempting to get a new connection: null: javax.resource.ResourceException: Could not create connection
...
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database '<database_name>'
...

JBoss ultimately fails to start up.

Cause

The Appian data source defined in appian-ds.xml references a schema that does not exist in the database.

Action

To correct this issue, perform the following:

Stop JBoss.
Perform one of the following:
- Rename the schema in the database server to match what is set in appian-ds.xml.
- For new installations of Appian, create a new database schema with the name set in appian-ds.xml.
- Update appian-ds.xml to point to the correct schema in your database.
Restart JBoss.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using JBoss as an application server.

Last Reviewed: March 2018

Tags: database, installation, application server, jboss

KB-XXXX

Nick Vigilante — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:24:13 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/16/2018 1:24:13 PM

Symptoms

The following error is thrown during JBoss startup:

12:14:45,984 WARN [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.PoolBySubject] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) IJ000604: Throwable while attempting to get a new connection: null: javax.resource.ResourceException: Could not create connection
...
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database '<database_name>'
...

JBoss ultimately fails to start up.

Cause

The Appian data source defined in appian-ds.xml references a schema that does not exist in the database.

Action

To correct this issue, perform the following:

Stop JBoss.
Perform one of the following:
- Rename the schema in the database server to match what is set in appian-ds.xml.
- For new installations of Appian, create a new database schema with the name set in appian-ds.xml.
- Update appian-ds.xml to point to the correct schema in your database.
Restart JBoss.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using JBoss as an application server.

Last Reviewed: March 2018

Tags: database, installation, application server, jboss

KB-XXXX "Unknown database ''" error thrown during JBoss startup

Nick Vigilante — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:30:38 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/16/2018 9:30:38 AM

Symptoms

The following error is thrown during JBoss startup:

12:14:45,984 WARN [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.PoolBySubject] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) IJ000604: Throwable while attempting to get a new connection: null: javax.resource.ResourceException: Could not create connection
...
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database '<database_name>'
...

JBoss ultimately fails to start up.

Cause

The Appian data source defined in appian-ds.xml references a schema that does not exist in the database.

Action

To correct this issue, perform the following:

Stop JBoss.
Perform one of the following:
- Rename the schema in the database server to match what is set in appian-ds.xml.
- For new installations of Appian, create a new database schema with the name set in appian-ds.xml.
- Update appian-ds.xml to point to the correct schema in your database.
Restart JBoss.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using JBoss as an application server.

Last Reviewed: March 2018

Tags: database, installation, application server, jboss

KB-XXXX "Unkonwn database ''" error thrown during JBoss startup

Nick Vigilante — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:24:52 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Nick Vigilante on 3/16/2018 9:24:52 AM

Symptoms

The following error is thrown during JBoss startup:

12:14:45,984 WARN [org.jboss.jca.core.connectionmanager.pool.strategy.PoolBySubject] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 70) IJ000604: Throwable while attempting to get a new connection: null: javax.resource.ResourceException: Could not create connection
...
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database '<database_name>'
...

JBoss ultimately fails to start up.

Cause

The Appian data source defined in appian-ds.xml references a schema that does not exist in the database.

Action

To correct this issue, perform the following:

Stop JBoss.
Perform one of the following:
- Rename the schema in the database server to match what is set in appian-ds.xml.
- For new installations of Appian, create a new database schema with the name set in appian-ds.xml.
- Update appian-ds.xml to point to the correct schema in your database.
Restart JBoss.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian using JBoss as an application server.

Last Reviewed: March 2018

Tags: database, installation, application server, jboss