public void activateOptions() { LogLog.debug("DBAppender.activateOptions called"); if (connectionSource == null) { throw new IllegalStateException("DBAppender cannot function without a connection source"); } sqlDialect = Util.getDialectFromCode(connectionSource.getSQLDialectCode()); if (GET_GENERATED_KEYS_METHOD != null) { cnxSupportsGetGeneratedKeys = connectionSource.supportsGetGeneratedKeys(); } else { cnxSupportsGetGeneratedKeys = false; } cnxSupportsBatchUpdates = connectionSource.supportsBatchUpdates(); if (!cnxSupportsGetGeneratedKeys && (sqlDialect == null)) { throw new IllegalStateException( "DBAppender cannot function if the JDBC driver does not support getGeneratedKeys method *and* without a specific SQL dialect"); } // all nice and dandy on the eastern front super.activateOptions(); }