which Driver your using? which Operating system your using? If your using linux, as far as I know there is now odbc support. You have to downlaod mm.mysql driver.
If your are using windows you will have to create a dsn name for the your selected driver. --- Chris Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to make a connection from a java app to a > MySQL database I've > created on my local PC. How can I tell the app > where to look for the > existing database? > > Code I'm working with: > > Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver").newInstance(); > Connection con = > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Testing@localhost:3306", > "< my > username >", "< my pass >"); > System.out.println("Connection Made."); > > As you can tell from this, my database is named > "Testing". All I'm > trying to do right now is get a connection. Right > now when I run this > code I get "Error: java.sql.SQLException: > [Microsoft][ODBC Driver > Manager] Data source name not found and no default > driver specified". > I'm not sure I have the odbc driver setup correctly > either. I > downloaded "mm.mysql-2.0.11" but I'm not really sure > how to bring it > into the mix as far as the driver goes. > > Thanks for any direction. > > Chris Stewart > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list > archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: > http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php