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Splunk DB Connect 1.1.4: Why am I getting error "java.sql.SQLException: The column "0" is not present in the result set"?

zillionlee
Path Finder

when i use dbx 1.1.4 ,i got an error

2015-05-26 11:44:39.901 dbx9174:ERROR:Scheduler - Error while reloading database input=dbmon-tail://BMS_noteobj/2
com.splunk.config.SplunkConfigurationException: Error validating dbmonTail for monitor=dbmon-tail://BMS_noteobj/2: The column "0" is not present in the result set with query = SELECT id,value,Dtime,No FROM his20150523 
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.DatabaseMonitor.validate(DatabaseMonitor.java:165)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.DatabaseMonitor.<init>(DatabaseMonitor.java:145)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.scheduler.Scheduler.loadDatabaseMonitor(Scheduler.java:216)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.scheduler.Scheduler.reloadDatabaseMonitor(Scheduler.java:196)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.DatabaseMonitoringManager$Reloader.run(DatabaseMonitoringManager.java:133)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:178)
    at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:292)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: The column "0" is not present in the result set
    at com.splunk.util.Utils$SQL.getIndexForColumn(Utils.java:1611)
    at com.splunk.dbx.sql.type.impl.AbstractDatabaseType.findRisingColumnIndex(AbstractDatabaseType.java:370)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.impl.TailDatabaseMonitor.performValidation(TailDatabaseMonitor.java:173)
    at com.splunk.dbx.monitor.DatabaseMonitor.validate(DatabaseMonitor.java:159)
    ... 11 more

the table is very simple, (no bigint ,id varchar,value varchar, dtime varchar), the "no" is Rising_Column. when I click the "save" button,it's no error. but when I edit the database-inputs again,the Rising_Column change to "0". It's quite puzzling to me. the database is MS SQLSERVER. Other table-inputs are normal, like (orderno bigint,id varchar value varchar )
so I guess maybe it's because "no" is ms sqlserver ODBC reserved keywords. site: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189822

If I cannot change the column name , how to solve the question?
thanks guys!

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jcoates_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

probably a JDBC driver problem... I would open a support ticket. If you want to keep trying on your own, try switching from jTDS to Microsoft driver

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zillionlee
Path Finder

Can anyone give me some help?Thanks a lot.

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