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XQE-JDB-0004 error testing a JDBC connection for Microsoft SQLServer

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When testing a JDBC connection to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 / 2008 / 2012 you receive the error XQE-JDB-0004 A problem occurred finding the driver class "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver".

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