diff --git a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractJdbcDdlReader.java b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractJdbcDdlReader.java
index 9cd7b8b723..7a577ffde7 100644
--- a/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractJdbcDdlReader.java
+++ b/symmetric-jdbc/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/AbstractJdbcDdlReader.java
@@ -1520,7 +1520,12 @@ public List<String> execute(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
                 ResultSet rs = null;
                 try {
                     
-                    rs = meta.getSchemas();
+                    try {
+                        rs = meta.getSchemas();
+                    } catch (SQLException e) {
+                        rs = meta.getSchemas("", null);
+                    }
+                    
                     while (rs.next()) {
                         int columnCount = rs.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
                         String schema = rs.getString(1);