Cognos 8.4 install on window7(home edition) and java 1.6

[kapilpatel]

Hi Guys .

I am trying to install cognos 8.4 for first time .I have tried full day but no luck.

I am installing cognos 8.4 on window 7, oracle 11 g and java 1.6 . Using apache web server. I managed to install cognos and oracle succesfully .I have create a schema in oracle database cognos .I have also checked the tnsnames entries they are also correct . I have installed oracle server, oracle client on same machine , as well as cognos is installed on the same machine ,all software on same machine.

I have copied ojdbc6.jar from C:\Oracle\Administrator\product\11.1.0\jdbc\lib to C:\Program Files (x86)\cognos\c8\webapps\p2pd\WEB-INF\lib, and have ensured there is no classes12.jar file there as given in cognos installation steps . but i am getting below error.

ERROR ] Content Manager failed to start because it could not load driver "oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver".

I am not sure if cognos works with java 1.6 , but i have checked in IBM cognos site .It shows that its compatible .Because its java 1.6 i am  using ojdbc6.jar file from oracle.

1) I have even tried using ojdbc5.jar file from oracle folder .
2) I have also tried creating contenst store database connection using oracle advanced and giving full database connection string (DESCRIPTION = (ADDRESS_LIST =(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = 000.000.0.0)(PORT = 1521)))(CONNECT_DATA =(SERVER = DEDICATED)(SERVICE_NAME = orcl) .Ensuring that its all in one single line no carriage returns .

Please suggest me some ideas ( As one of possible solutions Currently i am plannig to install java 1.5 environment on windows 7 and enabling it ,so it might work.But not sure how to manage 2 java environments on single machine) .

[AussiePete2011]

Hi there

I'm going to assume this is an 8.4.1 installation of Cognos as you can't install Cognos 8.4 on Windows 7 directly. 
You can use java 1.6 but for the ORACLE ojbdc driver for Cognos you need to either use ojdbc5 or ojdbc14.  I'd recommend ojdbc5.jar though.

Cheers
Peter