Because if not, a pure-Java solution is probably the quickest route to getting something to work. I use SQL Developer to connect to a SQL Server at work and it works fine.

You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information. Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server.

To run your SQL Pass-Through views for the MS SQL Server, you are encouraged, but not required, to create a data source name. You can use the ODBC administrator to create it. Refer to Data Source ...