Bug 173039 Exception is shown when accessing a db on an unknown host
Create a report Add a datasource and specified a invalid host name Click on test connection An oversized error dialog appears showing a stack trace Expected: a simple error such as "Host xxx is not accessible" should be displayed instead.
data/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc/src/org/eclipse/birt/report/data/oda/jdbc/JDBCDriverManager.java
* @throws SQLException
     * @throws OdaException
     */
    public Connection getConnection( String driverClass, String url, 
                                String jndiNameUrl,
                                Properties connectionProperties, String driverClassPath ) 
        throws SQLException, OdaException
    {
        validateConnectionUrl( url, jndiNameUrl);
        if ( logger.isLoggable( Level.FINE ) )
            logger.fine( "Request JDBC Connection: driverClass=" + driverClass +  
                        "; url=" + url +            
                        "; jndi name url=" + jndiNameUrl );  
        
        return doConnect( driverClass, url, jndiNameUrl, connectionProperties, driverClassPath );
    }
	
	/**
	 * Implementation of getConnection() methods. Gets connection from either java.sql.DriverManager, 
	 * or from IConnectionFactory defined in the extension
	 */    
    private synchronized Connection doConnect( String driverClass, String url, 
            String jndiNameUrl,
            Properties connectionProperties, String driverClassPath ) throws SQLException, OdaException
    {
		assert ( url != null );
		IConnectionFactory factory = getDriverConnectionFactory (driverClass);
		if ( factory != null )
		{