On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:45 AM, mritun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Oct 10, 1:46 am, Luc Prefontaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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>> The mysql jdbc driver code says that it registers itself (static block)
>> but something is wrong.
>> Eventually I will find why but now I have other pressing needs to full
>> fill than debugging that code.
>
> Static blocks don't execute until the class is loaded, so just
> specifying a class in classpath is not enough.
>
> In Java the idiomatic way to let the driver initialize itself, is to
> add the following line somewhere in your initialization code before
> requesting connection:
>
> Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
>
> This loads the class, and its static block registers the driver. You'd
> have to do an equivalent in clojure too.How about this then (as hinted at by Stuart Halloway): user=> (enumeration-seq (. java.sql.DriverManager getDrivers)) nil user=> (java.sql.DriverManager/registerDriver (.newInstance (clojure.lang.RT/classForName "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"))) nil user=> (enumeration-seq (. java.sql.DriverManager getDrivers)) ([EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Michael Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
