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Installing Oracle Drivers

This support article will guide you in installing Oracle drivers to your test project when the following message is shown in Provar.

test connection error unable to load oracle driver in Provar

The same message and test run logs can appear in the Oracle connection browser.

Step 1: Download the Oracle JDBC driver.

Step 2: Open the following website in your web browser:

https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/appdev/jdbc-downloads.html

Step 3: Choose the Oracle version you will connect to and then download the ojdbc8.jar file as shown.

Image showing how to choose the Oracle version to connect and downloading it

Step 4: Copy the driver into your test project’s lib folder. Open your test project in Automation and create a lib folder if required.

Image showing how to create a lib folder during the installation of Oracle drivers

Step 5: Copy the downloaded ojdbc8.jar file and paste it into the lib folder.

sample ojdbc8.jar file in lib folder in installing Oracle drivers

Step 6: Restart Automation and test the connection.

Step 7: Choose Restart from the File menu and test your Oracle connection via the Test Settings view. These 7 easy steps guide installing Oracle drivers in your Automation.

test connection is successful when oracle drivers are installed

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