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How to resolve an Authentication failed error - 10.x

How to resolve an Authentication failed error - 10.x

Symptoms

One or more SQL Macro returns the following error:

org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.SQLNestedException:
Cannot create PoolableConnectionFactory (FATAL: password authentication failed for user)

Cause

The data source is unable to authenticate against the specified database.

Resolution

Application server configuration (server.xml) has the wrong username and/or password. 

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