Address issue 44.

lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb

@@ -334,7 +334,10 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
   end
 
   def retry_exception?(exception)
-    return (exception.class != java.sql.SQLException or 
-      RETRYABLE_SQLSTATE_CLASSES.include?(e.getSQLState[0,2]))
+    if exception.respond_to? 'getSQLState'
+      return RETRYABLE_SQLSTATE_CLASSES.include?(e.getSQLState[0,2])
+    end
+
+    true
   end
 end # class LogStash::Outputs::jdbc

logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = "0.2.7"
+  s.version = "0.2.8"
   s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
   s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"