Problem when installing Confluence 5.6 or below with SQL Server 2014 R2: Configuring the database failed. Couldn't create the database schema. java.sql.SQLException: Unable to get information from SQL Server: localhost.

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Symptoms

Screenshot of the error:

The following appears in the atlassian-confluence.log:

2014-09-04 10:22:09,986 ERROR [http-bio-8090-exec-8] [confluence.setup.actions.AbstractSetupDatabaseAction] setupDatabase Unable to connect to database: java.sql.SQLException: Unable to get information from SQL Server: localhost.
 -- referer: http://localhost:8090/setup/setupstandarddb-start.action?database=mssql | url: /setup/setupstandarddb.action | userName: anonymous | action: setupstandarddb
com.atlassian.config.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.sql.SQLException: Unable to get information from SQL Server: localhost.

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Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Unable to get information from SQL Server: localhost.

Cause

Confluence does not currently support MS SQL 2014. Please refer to the following improvement request for the status of MS SQL Server 2014: CONF-33194 - Getting issue details... STATUS

Workaround

Install a supported version of this database.

Last modified on Nov 2, 2018

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