Adding jdbc driver to classpath

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Rohan Parkes - 02 Feb 2004 08:48 GMT

I have the new J2EE package, but am having trouble understanding how to
add the jdbc driver to my classpath. Several books/articles tell me to
"make sure the jdbc driver is in your classpath", but they don't say
where it is. I'm assuming it's a jar file, but I can find quite a few
with jdbc in the file name.

I'm using the PointBase sample db.

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kevin - 03 Feb 2004 11:22 GMT

> I have the new J2EE package, but am having trouble understanding how to
> add the jdbc driver to my classpath. Several books/articles tell me to
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> I'm using the PointBase sample db.

the classpath will be an environment variable somewhere. On a windows
computer it might be set in config.sys, or in the setup/options of
your IDE.
My IDE is forte, and this builds it's own classpath from the
directories and jars mounted into each project.

Look in the help for your IDE about CLASSPATH, or mounting directories
and jar files. Your jdbc driver is probably in a jar file. The name
will depend on the database. My pointbase demo stuff has /lib jar
files starting pbxxx35RE.jar

i suspect these are your babies. mount one into your project and try a
compile.

kev.

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Rohan Parkes - 06 Feb 2004 15:42 GMT

> > I have the new J2EE package, but am having trouble understanding how to
> > add the jdbc driver to my classpath. Several books/articles tell me to
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> will depend on the database. My pointbase demo stuff has /lib jar
> files starting pbxxx35RE.jar

Thanks - I seem to have it working more or less now.

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