JDBC connection to SQL Server 2005 Instance running on remote machine

I am trying to connect to sql server 2005 instance running on a remote machine from my spring web application. This web application is running in tomcat server. Earlier When I connected to sql server 2000, it worked fine. I used msbase.jar, mssqlserver.jar, msutil.jar to connect to sql server 2000. My connection String was

jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://192.168.0.38:1433;DatabaseName=AndroidPOC 

But now when I try to connect to sql server 2005. Iam getting all sorts of problems. I tried out various things but of no use.

My connection string for sql server 2005 was

jdbc:sqlserver://192.168.0.202;instanceName=INSTANCE_NAME;DatabaseName=MYDATABASE

Please help me with the steps to connect to 2005 sql server.

1. What are all the jars required.
2. Do i need to update sql server jdbc driver, if yes how.
3. The driver class name to be used.
4. If possible please provide some sample code using spring jdbc and normal jdbc as well.

Answer

It may be a driver version problem, since it has been a long time since the JDBC driver has been included in one Jar. More likely, the URL format you are using isn’t recognized by your old driver.

You can get the latest JAR here.