From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Micheal H.) >Here's the code.....It compiles but never gets past "Failed to load >postgresql driver" your classpath setting might be wrong, it must includes the jar filename as well, such as : CLASSPATH = /usr/local/lib/postgresql.jar you might also want to try : //String url = "jdbc:postgresql://gina/testdb"; String url = "jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/testdb"; .... //Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "", ""); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( url, "yourname", ""); hope that helps albert ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ************