Help with installation

Let me start by saying thank you for this app, it fills a very importantant need. I am relatively new to linux, about a year but still pretty adept. I have unzipped the files to a directory and I am trying to connect to a MS SQL server. I am using this command in a shell script but get the same error at the command line.
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#!/bin/bash

java -classpath .:/opt/msSQLjdbc/lib/jisql.jar:/opt/msSQLjdbc/lib/msbase.jar:/opt/msSQLjdbc/lib/msutil.jar:/opt/msSQLjdbc/lib/mssqlserver.jar com.xigole.util.sql.Jisql -user sa -password myword -driver mssql -cstring jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://sqldev:1433;DatabaseName=Northwind

actually I have tried it with this also:
-cstring jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://sqldev:1433/Northwind
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I get the error below everytime. What am I missing? any help or guidance is appreciated.

[root@portaldevtest jisql]# ./backuptest
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.AbstractMethodError
at _Jv_MakeVTable(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_PrepareClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at _Jv_WaitForState(java.lang.Class, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.linkClass0(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.resolveClass(java.lang.Class) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String, boolean, java.lang.ClassLoader) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at java.lang.Class.forName(java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseClassUtility.getConnection(java.lang.String) (Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseClassUtility.getConnection(com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseDriver) (Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseDriver.connect(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties) (Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.5.0.0)
at com.xigole.util.sql.Jisql.getConnection(java.lang.String, java.util.Properties) (Unknown Source)
at com.xigole.util.sql.Jisql.run() (Unknown Source)
at com.xigole.util.sql.Jisql.main(java.lang.String[]) (Unknown Source)
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[root@portaldevtest jisql]# echo $PATH
/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin:/usr/lib
[root@portaldevtest jisql]#

From what I can find online it looks like this is a problem with GNU Java. Can you try the Sun JVM? I'm not sure what Linux you're on but take a look at the Java download page and download the "JDK 5.0 Update 9" (if you think you might ever compile Java code) or the "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9" if you just want to run it.

Thanks a lot. Red Hat was using the Free Software Foundation's implementation of Java by default. I changed the script to call the sun java that was installed in /usr/java and it worked like a charm. I think it is worth noteing that I had to put the -input option before the -cstring option for it to run.

Thanks again. This app is perfect for the task at hand.

I actually cringe when I have to use DOS now!

larrys wrote: I think it is worth noteing that I had to put the -input option before the -cstring option for it to run.

I'll take a look at that as it shouldn't be required but thanks for letting me know!