Hi, I have been trying to connect with a informix database using both a servlet and a bean. When I try to load the driver (example - Class.forName("com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver"); ) , I get a ClassNotFoundException error It appears to be a CLASSPATH problem. I am new to JSP and thought if I added the jdbc.jar file in the startserver script where it sets the CLASSPATH I would be fine. Is there any other environment variables I need to set in order for the beans/servlets to be able to find my informix drivers ? Thanks. =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". FAQs on JSP can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html