No user/password (Client error) passed SQLException all the way to client, then thrown by client... SQLState is: 08004 vendorCode is: -4499 nextException is: null reason is: The application server rejected establishment of the connection. An attempt was made to access a database, testbase, which was not found. Database not Found (RDBNFNRM) passed SQLException all the way to client, then thrown by client... SQLState is: 08004 vendorCode is: -4499 nextException is: null reason is: The application server rejected establishment of the connection. An attempt was made to access a database, notthere, which was not found. Invalid Attribute value (RDBAFLRM) passed SQLException all the way to client, then thrown by client... SQLState is: XJ05B vendorCode is: -1 nextException is: null reason is: DERBY SQL error: SQLCODE: -1, SQLSTATE: XJ05B, SQLERRMC: JDBC attribute 'upgrade' has an invalid value 'notValidValue', valid values are '{true |false}'.