title: Pentaho Kettle Database Connection - Connection object is closed
body: <p>I've been working with Pentaho Kettle on an ETL solution and have ran into an error using Database Connection. I am trying to connect to a Sybase database using the Native(JDBC) access method in the Database Connection creator in Spoon. When I click the "Test" button in the Database Connection creator, Spoon tells me that the connection to the DB is OK. When I click "Explore" to view the database's schema, however, I get an error stating that the "Connection object is closed". This error also occurs when I use the "Table Input" step with a custom SQL statement which includes a JOIN. When I try to SELECT columns on JOINed tables, Spoon throws the "Connection object is closed" error again. </p>
  
  <p>Any help on this would be appreciated. An online search suggested that the issue may be a JDBC driver issue or, possibly, a problem with how the database server is being ran. Thanks in advance.</p>