I see. If I remember correctly, you had tried changing the class name to "bugger". In that case, did you catch any error while loading the class? Also, can you put a test class, say MyNullDriver in the same directory as the driver, and put this line after your try catch clause
$packagepath.MyNullDriver mnd = new $packagepath.MyNulldriver(); System.out.println (mnd); //Using the same value of the package path --amrinder -----Original Message----- From: David Bustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: A Servlet using JDBC error Amrinder, answer 1) The DB driver is part of the zip file. The zip file I have is an uncompressed archive. I have also put this same file in the "path" as a *.jar file and I have also unziped and placed the classes directly into the "path". answer 2) I get NO exceptions caught in the catch clause. This definitely seems like it is a path issue. The big question that is still -- what _is_ the "correct path?" Do the *.jar/classes need to be in more that one location as they do if you are using JSP with Beans. Will Tomcat search for class/jar files in any location that is NOT in the CLASSPATH? Dave "Amrinder, Arora (Meritage)" wrote: > Dave, > > You might have already checked this, but: > Is the DB driver class that you are trying to use a part of the zip file? > [You can use WinZip to see the contents of the zip file to see if it indeed > contains the class file in directory structure that corresponds to the > package qualified name that you are using]. > > secondly do you get any errors in the catch clause of > try { > Class.forName ("_drive_class"); > } > > \amrinder > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Bustin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: A Servlet using JDBC error > > > Guru, > > > > Thank you for your time. To try to get past things you don't care about > and get > > to the things yo do care about. > > > > Here is a quick recap: > > I am using Tomcat 3.2 on NT 4.0 connecting to Oracle 8.1.6 on a UNIX host. > I > > am also running directly on the same NT 4.0 that is running Tomcat, > therefore > > only the Oracle database is remote across the network. > > > > My current ClassPath: > > > .;g:\java;C:\jdk1.3.1\jre\lib\;C:\jdk1.3.1\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\dggui\jakarta-t > omcat-3.2.3\lib; > > > > > C:\dggui\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\lib\servlet.jar;C:\dggui\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\ > lib\jasper.jar; > > > > C:\Orant\JDBC\classes12.zip; > > > > My steps: > > 1) made sure Tomcat was shutdown. > > 2) I loaded the test app (DBservlet.java & DBservlet.class) into: > > C:\install_dir\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\classes > > 3) restarted Tomcat. > > 4) accessed my app. > > 5) received errors.... > > > > I added the classes12.zip to my CLASSPATH before I tried to compile the > first > > time but the results are always the same. I was wondering if it had > anything > > to do with connecting to the database on a UNIX server from NT 4.0 running > > Tomcat 3.2. So I tried to switch to the oci driver. I now get more > errors > > that suggest that the classpath is not setup correctly. > > > > Where should the classes12.zip and/or classes12.jar be located? > > > > TIA, > > Dave > > > > "Raghupathy, Gurumoorthy" wrote: > > > > > yes please add it... > > > both are diffrent... > > > which server ( servlet engine do you use ) > > > > > > reagrds > > > guru > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
