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Revision 9 as of 2026-02-21 15:34:53
  • Squirrel

Contents

  1. Squirrel
    1. Installation of Squirrel 3.5.0
    2. JDBC for MS SQL Server
    3. Add connection URL to MSSQL Server
    4. JDBC for Postgresql
    5. Add connection URL to PostgreSQL
    6. JDBC for Oracle
    7. Add connection URL to Oracle
    8. Squirrel 4.0

Squirrel

SQuirreL SQL is an open-source Java SQL Client program for any JDBC compliant database.

Installation of Squirrel 3.5.0

Goto http://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/1-stable/3.5.0/squirrel-sql-3.5.0-install.jar/download and download the install JAR.

Run java -jar squirrel-sql-3.5.0-install.jar:

  • Next,
  • Next,
  • Installation path <home dir>/squirrel-sql-3.5.0

  • 'The target directory will be created': ok
  • Select Base, Standard, Optinal PLugins for Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle
  • Next
  • Next
  • Next
  • Done

JDBC for MS SQL Server

Microsoft JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server in http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=11774 Language English.

wget [[http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/A/02AAE597-3865-456C-AE7F-613F99F850A8/sqljdbc_4.0.2206.100_enu.tar.gz]]
cp sqljdbc_4.0.2206.100_enu.tar.gz /tmp
cd /tmp
tar xvzf sqljdbc_4.0.2206.100_enu.tar.gz
cd /tmp/sqljdbc_4.0/enu
sqljdbc4.jar
cp /tmp/sqljdbc_4.0/enu/sqljdbc4.jar /home/vitor/squirrel-sql-3.5.0/lib 
  • Restart Squirrel

Add connection URL to MSSQL Server

  • Menu Aliases
  • new Alias
  • Name for connection: MSSQLConn
  • Driver Microsoft MSSQL Server JDBC Driver
  • URL: jdbc:sqlserver://hostname:1433;databaseName=dbx
  • Username: userx
  • Password: passx
  • Click on test
  • Click on OK

JDBC for Postgresql

  • wget http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-9.2-1002.jdbc4.jar

  • cp postgresql-9.2-1002.jdbc4.jar <home dir>/squirrel-sql-3.5.0/lib

  • Restart Squirrel

Add connection URL to PostgreSQL

  • Menu Aliases
  • new Alias
  • Name for connection: PGConn
  • Driver PostgreSQL
  • URL: jdbc:postgresql://exampleserver.net:5432/databaseTest
  • Username: userx
  • Password: passx
  • Click on test
  • Click on OK

JDBC for Oracle

  • Get ojdbc6.jar
  • cp ojdbc6.jar <home dir>/squirrel-sql-3.5.0/lib

  • Restart Squirrel

Add connection URL to Oracle

  • Menu Aliases
  • new Alias
  • Name for connection: Oracle conn
  • Driver Oracle Thin driver
  • URL: jdbc:oracle:thin:@serverx:1521:dbx
  • Username: userx
  • Password: passx
  • Click on test
  • Click on OK

Squirrel 4.0

  • https://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/squirrel-sql/1-stable/4.0.0/squirrel-sql-4.0.0-standard.jar

  • https://download.microsoft.com/download/0/2/A/02AAE597-3865-456C-AE7F-613F99F850A8/sqljdbc_6.0.8112.200_enu.tar.gz

  • java -jar squirrel-sql-4.0.0-standard.jar
  • ./squirrel-sql-4.0.0/squirrel-sql.sh
  • cp sqljdbc_6.0/enu/jre8/sqljdbc42.jar ~/squirrel-sql-4.0.0/lib/
  • mv ~/Downloads/jaxb-api-2.3.0.jar ~/squirrel-sql-4.0.0/lib/
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