Could not load Jdbc Driver com.sqlserver.jdbc.Driver - jdbc

Question

After installing and configuring Pentaho Mondrian the below exception is thrown (complete stack trace)
I'm using SQL Server Driver 4.0
com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.OlapException: Could not load Jdbc Driver com.sqlserver.jdbc.Driver
com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.OlapException: Could not load Jdbc Driver com.sqlserver.jdbc.Driver
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.mondrian.MondrianModel.initialize(MondrianModel.java:455)
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.olap.model.OlapModelDecorator.initialize(OlapModelDecorator.java:132)
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.tags.OlapModelProxy$MyState.initialize(OlapModelProxy.java:77)
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.tags.StackStateManager.initializeAndShow(StackStateManager.java:76)
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.tags.OlapModelProxy.initializeAndShow(OlapModelProxy.java:160)
at com.tonbeller.jpivot.tags.OlapModelTag.doEndTag(OlapModelTag.java:81)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.queries.colors_jsp._jspx_meth_jp_005fmondrianQuery_005f0(colors_jsp.java:127)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.queries.colors_jsp._jspService(colors_jsp.java:69)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:388)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:646)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:551)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:488)
at com.tonbeller.wcf.utils.IncludeTag.doStartTag(IncludeTag.java:59)
at org.apache.jsp.testpage_jsp._jspx_meth_wcf_005finclude_005f0(testpage_jsp.java:287)
at org.apache.jsp.testpage_jsp._jspService(testpage_jsp.java:127)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:388)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.tonbeller.wcf.controller.RequestFilter$MyHandler.normalRequest(RequestFilter.java:139)
at com.tonbeller.wcf.controller.RequestSynchronizer.handleRequest(RequestSynchronizer.java:127)
at com.tonbeller.wcf.controller.RequestFilter.doFilter(RequestFilter.java:263)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:103)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:861)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:606)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
Below is my mondrian.properties
mondrian.rolap.aggregates.Use=true
mondrian.rolap.aggregates.Read=true
mondrian.native.topcount.enable=true
mondrian.native.filter.enable=true
mondrian.result.limit=50000
Provider=Mondrian:Jdbc=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=foodmart;Catalog=/WEB-INF/queries/FoodMart.xml;JdbcDrivers=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver;
Below is my web.xml
<context-param>
<param-name>connectString</param-name>
<param-value>Provider=Mondrian;Jdbc=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost/foodmart;JdbcUser=sa;JdbcPassword=adminpassword; Catalog=/WEB-INF/queries/FoodMart.xml;JdbcDrivers=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver;</param-value>
</context-param>
Below is my datasources.xml
<DataSourceInfo>Provider=Mondrian:Jdbc=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;JdbcUser=sa;JdbcPassword=adminpassword;Catalog=/WEB-INF/queries/FoodMart.xml;JdbcDrivers=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver; </DataSourceInfo>
<ProviderName>Mondrian</ProviderName>
<ProviderType>MDP</ProviderType>
I Already kept jdbc driver (jar file) in \webapps\mondrian\WEB-INF\lib folder

Answer 1

Proper class name for MSSQL driver is com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver. I suggest you search for text com.sqlserver.jdbc.Driver within your project and replace it with proper class name.
Also, as for me jTDS driver proved to work much better than MS own driver.