# Kafka connector with JDBC for Sybase - SQLException:"\\"\\" is not a valid type name

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connector-with-jdbc-for-sybase-sqlexception-is-not-a-valid-type-name/2323>\
**Category:** Kafka Connect\
**Created:** [22 July 2021 07:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connector-with-jdbc-for-sybase-sqlexception-is-not-a-valid-type-name/2323 "2021-07-22T07:00:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [22 July 2021 07:00 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connector-with-jdbc-for-sybase-sqlexception-is-not-a-valid-type-name/2323/1 "2021-07-22T07:00:24Z")

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Hi All,

I am doing a POC on capture the change data on Sybase with Kafka JDBC connector.But i am getting an below error message when creating source connector for Sybase.

“Connector configuration is invalid and contains the following 2 errors:Invalid value java.sql.SQLException:”"" is not a valid type name. for configuration Couldn’t open connection to jdbc:sybase:Tds:hostname:port/dbname\nInvalid value java.sql.SQLException:"" is not a valid type name. for configuration Couldn’t open connection to jdbc:sybase:Tds:hostname:port/dbname".

Confluent version : 5.3.1  
Kafka connect jdbc : 5.3.1  
To connect with Sysbase : jconn4.jar

Please guide me on this to get this resolved.

Thanks,  
Senthil Kumar A

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**Post date:** [21 August 2021 07:01 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/kafka-connector-with-jdbc-for-sybase-sqlexception-is-not-a-valid-type-name/2323/2 "2021-08-21T07:01:23Z")

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