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Connection to Salesforce fails with AUTHENTICATIONMETHOD is invalid

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TitleConnection to Salesforce fails with AUTHENTICATIONMETHOD is invalid
URL NameConnection-to-Salesforce-fails-with-AUTHENTICATIONMETHOD-is-invalid
Article Number000125011
EnvironmentProduct: Progress DataDirect for JDBC for Salesforce
Version: 6.0
OS: Java
Database: Salesforce
Application: All supported applications
Question/Problem Description
Connection to Salesforce using the Progress DataDirect for JDBC for Salesforce fails with AUTHENTICATIONMETHOD is invalid
Steps to Reproduce
Clarifying Information
Connection was working fine, than a patch was applied.
Error Message[DataDirect][SForce JDBC Driver][SForce]The value of none for connection option Connection.
Defect Number
Enhancement Number
Cause
With the implimentation of OAUTH the driver no longer writes the value of AUTHENTICATIONMETHOD to native files.
Resolution
Add the following parameter to the connection URL, CreateMap=ForceNew and make a new connection. 
For example:
jdbc:datadirect:sforce://login.salesforce.com;User=xxxxxx;Password=xxxxxx;CreateMap=ForceNew....

This will rebuild the local schema files. Once a connection has been established the connection parameter can be removed.
Workaround
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Last Modified Date7/23/2019 6:52 PM
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