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Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201610020002) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, 25.102-b14, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.8.0_102-b14 OS: Mac OS X User Comments: brettryan: SQL driver network error (broken pipe). Stacktrace: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ddtek.jdbc.openedgebase.BaseDatabaseMetaData.supportsSchemasInTableDefinitions(BaseDatabaseMetaData.java:0) at org.netbeans.modules.db.metadata.model.jdbc.JDBCCatalog.createSchemas(JDBCCatalog.java:134) at org.netbeans.modules.db.metadata.model.jdbc.JDBCCatalog.initSchemas(JDBCCatalog.java:190) at org.netbeans.modules.db.metadata.model.jdbc.JDBCCatalog.getSyntheticSchema(JDBCCatalog.java:98) at org.netbeans.modules.db.metadata.model.api.Catalog.getSyntheticSchema(Catalog.java:94) at org.netbeans.modules.db.explorer.node.SchemaNodeProvider$1.run(SchemaNodeProvider.java:119)
Created attachment 162421 [details] stacktrace
This is a driver bug. DatabaseMetaData#supportsSchemasInTableDefinitions is defined as throwing an SQLException " if a database access error occurs" (quote from doc). So there is no reason to accept a NullPointerException. I'll look into catching RuntimeException there, but this should be raised with the DB driver vendor.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 166367 ***