Today I realized that I am a complete newbie in databases.
Can someone give me a full guide on how creating databases from a
scrach? including where to get jdbc drivers, how to use it, and other
beginner things.

I got the following Problem
I have 3 tables. One table with Persons, they can sign up for tests.
One table that contains all possible tests, one table that shows which
person has signed up for which test(s).

Hi;
I am new to hsqldb, and have been exposed to it mainly via Jonas j2ee
server, which includes it. I have since researched it a bit, but I need
some clarifications, please.

Hi Friends,
I am trying to access Oracle database using java. But I am unable to
load the JDBC driver. The statement:
String sDriver = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";

I just read "JDBC RowSet Implementations Tutorial.pdf" and something I don't
understand.
RowSet can do this:
-connect to database

I am new to programming, but I know how to create classes and other
minor things. I use JCreator 2.5 LE.
I was wandering on a thing: I want the data i create(object and other
things) to be saved in some files, that when i run the java prog again

Is there an easy way to count the number of columns in a table
with the ResultSet?

own.
I bound the Hibernate SessionFactory into JBoss JNDI as Bauer/King
adviced in their book 'Hibernate in Action', so I get a Hibernate

Hi there
I'm trying to have a connection to my database created inside mysql...
codes and everything look fine because they compile with no error...just that at run time, i get this error(because i have used catch)
SQLException: No suitable driver

Hello wisers,
We are testing a system which is developed on top of Oracle 9iAS. The
client PCs are using Internet Explorer to access the system. We are
sure that the Oracle 9i database server is set to use Unicode. The

tomcat 5 / hibernate 2 / oracle 10g
- Could not obtain connection metadata
org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Cannot create JDBC driver of
class '' for connect URL 'null'

Generated sql:
Hibernate: select hibernate_sequence.nextval from dual
Hibernate: insert into PERSON (name, address, id) values (?, ?, ?)
Everything seems to be working - no errors at all. But my class is not being

I have installed Websphere Studio Application Developer v5.1.2 and DB2
version 8.1.3 on my machine. I have a written a java class that tries
to connect to a local DB2 database, I have used :
Class.forName("COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver"), and I get a

Can anyone please advise me about a problem I have trying to connect to
MYSQL using TOMCAT and a jsp.
I have tomcat 4.1.24 , mysql 4.1.7 and the jdbc driver 2.0.14.
The jdbc driver is in tomcat\common\lib\org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver.

Which free connection pooling classes is the best?
Which do U usually use?
I need to use one, but I don't know which one!
Mario