[Squirrel-sql-users] Squirrel SQL Update feature

[Tindall, M. (M.) <mti...@fo...>]

Hi,

I have been trying (without much luck) to try and make use of the Software Update feature of SquirrelSQL. When I try and use it I get the following error:

Release file couldn't be downloaded. Please check your settings.

Looking at the logs the following appears:

2012-03-30 13:09:59,090 [AWT-EventQueue-1] ERROR net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Application  - Unable to download release.xml from the specified location
java.net.UnknownHostException: sourceforge.net
            at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
            at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
            at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
            at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
            at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
            at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:80)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:122)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397)
            at org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:323)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.fw.util.IOUtilitiesImpl.downloadHttpFile(IOUtilitiesImpl.java:321)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.update.UpdateUtilImpl.downloadHttpUpdateFile(UpdateUtilImpl.java:875)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.update.UpdateUtilImpl.downloadCurrentReleaseHttp(UpdateUtilImpl.java:1055)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.update.UpdateUtilImpl.downloadCurrentRelease(UpdateUtilImpl.java:204)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.preferences.UpdatePreferencesPanel$TestConnectionButtonListener.actionPerformed(UpdatePreferencesPanel.java:655)
            at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
            at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
            at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(Unknown Source)
            at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(Unknown Source)
            at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
            at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
            at net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Main$1.dispatchEvent(Main.java:99)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
            at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

I have tried typing the server name and path (sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/udates into IE and it brings up the location without any problems. Could this be caused by being behind a company firewall?

On a separate note Squirrel SQL does seem to hang a lot when looking at databases even though I have tried to alter the alias properties so that only the minimum of information is being downloaded. This though I think maybe more to do with using it with Windows 7 which has caused a lot of problems with numerous other applications I use.

Thanks,

Mark Tindall