Date originally published: 2023-11-16

Date Amended: 2026-07-01 with additional products.

New versions of certain TIBCO products (released after October 31, 2023) will no longer ship with Progress DataDirect JDBC drivers. 

The following TIBCO products will be affected by this policy change:

• TIBCO BusinessWorks 5.15.1, 6.9.0
• TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition 2.9.0
• TIBCO Runtime Agent 5.12.4
• TIBCO Administrator 5.12.4
• TIBCO Fulfillment Provisioning version 3.10 or higher
• TIBCO Business Events Enterprise Edition version 6.3.0 or higher
• TIBCO iProcess version 11.9.1 or higher

Customers upgrading to a product version that no longer includes data direct drivers will have two options:

1. Migrate to native JDBC drivers that are included with the new product version
   Product versions that remove DataDirect drivers will provide steps to migrate to native drivers in the product documentation.
2. Procure Licenses for Progress DataDirect Drivers
   Use of DataDirect drivers will still be supported but will no longer be provided by TIBCO. Product documentation will include steps for using Progress DataDirect. 

Product Documentation for migrating applications to native JDBC drivers or Progress DataDirect drivers (using your own license):

• BusinessWorks 6.10.0:
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Bindings and Palettes Reference -> "Migrating existing JDBC applications with Progress DataDirect Drivers".
    
    
• BusinessWorks 5.15.1
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Palette Reference -> "Migrating from TIBCO Database Drivers Supplement configured application to native driver" or "Migrating from TIBCO Database Drivers Supplement configured application to Progress DataDirect Driver".
    
    
• BusinessWorks Container Edition 2.9.0
  • TIBCO BusinessWorks™ Container Edition Bindings and Palettes Reference -> "Migrating existing JDBC applications with Progress DataDirect Drivers".
    
    
• TIBCO Runtime Agent / Administrator 5.12.4
  • TIBCO Runtime Agent Upgrading to Release 5.12.4 Guide -> "Upgrade TIBCO DataDirect Driver Domain".
    
    
• TIBCO BusinessEvents Enterprise Edition 6.3.0 
  • Datadirect SQL Server JDBC driver JARs are no longer bundled with TIBCO BusinessEvents Enterprise Edition. In the Linux environment, this driver allows you to connect to SQL Server by using Windows authentication. To use Datadirect SQL Server JDBC driver, use the following steps:
    • Download DataDirect SQL Server JDBC driver JARs and copy into /lib/ext/tibco. 
    • Edit the project JDBC resource to specify driver name and Database URL as global variables. In the global variable, use the driver name as com.ddtek.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver. Ensure to have AuthenticationMethod=ntlmjava in the Database URL.
    • Reference: https://docs.tibco.com/pub/businessevents-enterprise/6.3.0/TIB_businessevents-enterprise_6.3.0_relnotes.pdf?id=1
      
      
• TIBCO Fulfillment Provisioning 3.10: 
  • ODBC Drivers and Connectors:
    • Starting with TIBCO® Fulfillment Provisioning version 3.10.0, the iODBC.org driver manager is used and is available at $SW_HOME/distrib/kabira/3rdparty/native/libiodbc.
    • You must download and install the vendor-specific native ODBC drivers and connectors required for their database.
    • Reference: https://docs.tibco.com/pub/fp/3.10.0/TIB_fp_3.10.0_relnotes.pdf?id=1
      
      
• TIBCO iProcess Engine 11.9.1:
  • Use the database-specific libraries that are packaged with the product.
  • Reference: https://docs.tibco.com/pub/ipe-sql/11.9.1/TIB_ipe-sql_11.9.1_relnotes.pdf?id=4
    
    

For questions about this policy, please contact TIBCO Support.

Removal of DataDirect JDBC Drivers for Certain TIBCO Products

Progress DataDirect:
https://www.progress.com/jdbc