You may have to configure a proxy, if you are behind a company firewall.
To do so, go to "File => Global Preferences => Tab Proxy".
If you use a SQuirreL SQL version prior to 3.2.2, please check also your
update site configuration, because we have moved our update site to
sourceforge. (In your case, it seems, that you are using the right one).
Stefan
Am 2012-03-30 14:31, schrieb Tindall, Mark (M.):
>
> 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
>
>
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