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1. Which approach is better to load a JDBC driver?    stackoverflow.com

There are two ways to load a driver:

  1. Class.forName()
  2. DriverManager.registerDriver()
Method 1 internally also calls DriverManager.registerDriver and method 1 is the preferred way. But why? Is there any small difference or is performance etc. ...

2. JDBC/OSGi and how to dynamically load drivers without explicitly stating dependencies in the bundle?    stackoverflow.com

This is a biggie. I have a well-structured yet monolithic code base that has a primitive modular architecture (all modules implement interfaces yet share the same classpath). I realize the folly of ...

3. Alternative way to load DB driver in Java    stackoverflow.com

Is there any other way to load DB driver than class.forName? This question is asked by my friend and looking for answer. Any help would be very helpful.

4. Loading a JDBC driver    stackoverflow.com

So I have the following code:

@ServiceProvider(service=org.test.Driver.class)
public class TestLDriver implements SQLDriver{
and the JDBC layout is: ![enter image description here][1] Two problems occured, one is.. am I doing the right thing? The second is that I ...

5. Eclipse rcp - how to load jdbc driver?    stackoverflow.com

I was wondering if someone could give me some instructions on how to do the following:

  1. How to add mysql connection JAR file to the Eclipse plugin build path
  2. How to add ...

6. Loading JDBC driver     stackoverflow.com

I am told that the prefered method to load the JDBC driver is :

Class.forName(driverName);
I understand that this is better for a dynamic decision between multiple drivers maybe read from an XML ...

7. Beanshell won't load my dynamically added JDBC Driver class?    stackoverflow.com

Using JDK1.6.0_16, I have this simple program where I am trying to get beanshell 2.0b4 to load a .jar dynamically (as the documentation suggests it will do) and I ...

8. Netbeans Unable To Load JDBC Driver    forums.netbeans.org

Hello, I'm developing a system in which I have to connect to DBMS and for this I'm using MYSQL. I'm using IDE NetBeans4.1 for development purpose. Now the problem is that my program is unable to find the J/connector driver for DB connectivity. However, I have installed MYSQL driver to the right directory of JRE. I have also tested to ensure ...

9. NetBeans 7.0: "SQLNestedException: Cannot load JDBC driver class"    forums.netbeans.org

So I'm making a simple website with a few pages, nothing fancy, just learning all the ropes. I'm trying to use a ConnectionPool to regulate the connections to my database, but it's not working -- I get the error in the title. It used to when I used NetBeans 6.9.1, but then I upgraded, and now it doesn't. Then, when I ...





10. Unable to load mysql-jdbc driver    coderanch.com

Hi, I am not able to connect to mysql database using mysql-jdbc driver(org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver). When i run my TestApp, then i get an exception saying java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver. I am not sure how to solve this problem. Questions: 1. Do i have to start mysql database in the background for jdbc to work? 2. How do i create username and password in mysql ...

11. Cannot Load Driver    coderanch.com

Hi Too Many mistakes If you want to use thin driver the Jdbc Url should be of the form jdbc racle:thin:@machineName:1521:sid In the class.forName statement try putting oracle.jdbc.odbc.OracleDriver instead of oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver. As far as possible try using thin drivers instead of the odbc drivers to access oracle. Surya [This message has been edited by Surya Bahadur (edited August 20, 2001).] [This ...

12. Loading Drivers!    coderanch.com

13. Loading Driver Problem    coderanch.com

I am not able to load the database driver with the following setup: Apache JServ and GNUJSP, the mm.mysql-2.0.4 driver and jdk1.1.8 running under FreeBSD. The code to load the driver is: <%@page contentType="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" language="java" import="java.sql.*"%> <%@ include file="Connections/connZeagleJSP.jsp" %> <%
// *** Validate request to log in to this site.
String MM_LoginAction = request.getRequestURI();
if (request.getQueryString() ...

14. Loading JDBC drivers    coderanch.com

Hi out there. I just loaded personal Oracle onto my personal PC. I have the JDK 1.3.1 on the same PC. I now want to load the driver to build a connection, and have no idea how to do this. So my questions are these: 1. How do I load Oracle's driver? 2. If it were some other database, how would ...

15. how to load big driver    coderanch.com

16. Can Not Load Driver in Applet    coderanch.com

Ok, here is my situation. I am loading the org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver. I have the Classpath set correctly. If I run my code as an Application, it works fine. If I change my main to an init() it fails to load the Driver. It's not a Could not Find the Driver, and I don't think it is a Policy or Trust issue, because ...





17. JDBC driver not loaded...class loader problem?    coderanch.com

I initialise my Connection Pool in PoolInit.jsp. It was working fine. But now I have redeployed the application on tomcat again and now it gives me "no suitable driver found" exception. But then I wrote a jsp in which I created a JDBC connection without using Connection Pool. It worked. Then I called PoolInit.jsp and to my great surprise, my Connection ...

18. Loading JDBC Driver with Custom Class Loader    coderanch.com

Hi, I am using a custom class loader to load jars. I am trying to load drivers using this custom class loader. custmClassLoader.loadClass(driver).newInstance(); DriverManager.getDriver(url); custmClassLoader.loadClass(driver).newInstance(); registers the driver successfully. The custmClassLoader object delegates the searches its repository and if the class is not found, delegates the work to the System Classloader (like Tomcat). Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. ...

20. Loading a JDBC Driver    coderanch.com

21. "..could not load JDBC driver."    coderanch.com

Hello, This is my first question, sorry if this is a bit obvious, but I am baffled. Find classpath stuff a little scary! Have followed as many suggestions and tutorials as I can find but I still can't seem to connect to the mySQL database I have created using Connector/J. Tried to follow the Cattle Drive JDBC tutorial 1, but same ...

22. loading JDBC driver    coderanch.com

24. Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null' ... WTF?    coderanch.com

Hi! I been developing an app on my machine using com.mysql.jdbc.Driver .... Everything seems fine -- when I deploy it on my machine and test it everything works just perfectly... However when I uploaded it to the server, I began to get the following exception: "Cannot load JDBC driver class 'null'" whenever I tried to call DataSource's getConnection() method... Here's the ...

26. Loading a driver    coderanch.com

Parijat, You can do a "Class.forName(...)" or a "new ..." and both will work. I think the first is the preferred method because it saves the initial overhead of actually instantiating an object. If you look at the documentation for the "java.sql.Driver" interface it states that When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of itself and register ...

27. Loading drivers    coderanch.com

I've done all I could to try and correct this error, but I'm out of ideas at the moment. Anyhow, yesterday I created a simple application that inserted some test data into a MySQL database. It was in Netbeans's \sampledir\ directory. Today I have a project that is in a different directory ( I mounted it in Netbeans and it is ...

29. Driver loading    coderanch.com

What are the pros/cons regarding loading a DB driver in a way that bypasses the usual way driver gets loaded (i.e. including location of the driver in the classpath, or physically placing it in the proper directory where the JVM expects drivers to live), and instead loading it dynamically. I don't think it's a common way to deal with driver loading ...

30. Unable to load Lotus notes JDBC Driver    coderanch.com

31. jdbc driver loading    coderanch.com

Hi, We have ingres database on UNIX platform and our front end is java-jsp on windows platform. The problem that i have is that i can not load the driver of jdbc for ingres and connect to the database. I am trying to connect through code or through connection wizards of JBuilder DataPilot and WebSphere connection DB Server configuration, using the ...

32. Driver loading    coderanch.com

34. loading driver    coderanch.com

Ithe grand scheme of tings the memory is negligable (unless you keep registering it over and over and over again) Hi David, I hope Every Driver class has a static block of that creates a new Instance of the Diver and registers it with DriverManager.Since it is a static block that is being executed, even if try to register it once ...

35. driver loading differences    coderanch.com

2.3.2 Registering a JDBC Driver You must register the Oracle driver, oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver, in your program before you use it. At this point, you may be confused because we've been talking about the OCI and Thin drivers, but now we refer only to one class when registering. That's because the same class file implements both drivers. Registering the driver is the process ...

37. Cannot load JDBC driver class HELP    coderanch.com

38. Loading the driver    coderanch.com

39. loading JDBC driver twice    coderanch.com

40. Load JDBC Driver via URLClassLoader    coderanch.com

41. Trouble loading the driver, "ClassNotFoundException".    coderanch.com

Just to be sure, when you say classpath, you mean (in Windows) to right click on "My Computer", go to "Advanced" and so on. And not just something to do in the command prompt, correct? If it's the first case, I did that, still have the same problem. Do the drivers or folders or compiled code or whatever have to be ...

42. what happens if two drivers are loaded?    coderanch.com

43. Doubt in Loading Driver    coderanch.com

45. Loading JDBC driver    coderanch.com

Paul thanks! I have definitely have more clarity with respect to why one should use the Class.forName() method now. It will keep the code flexible and portable with respect to different databases by picking up the driver class name from a property file or something. Though I am not still comfortable with the part "registering with the dirver manager". I will ...

46. Loading Driver automatically    coderanch.com

I am using sql DataBase.I create connection using the following code.How can i load driver automatically without makin DSN in DataSources(ODBC).And how can i use my table in my Project Folder instead of in Sql folder, where i install sql server. static Connection con = null; static Statement st = null; public static void createConnection() { try { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); String conURL ...

47. Unable to Load the Driver!    coderanch.com

50. need help on dynamic loading of jdbc driver    coderanch.com

Hello, I'm trying to use a jdbc-driver in a quite dynamic way, which means, that at application start, neither the jarfile of the driver is part of the classpath, nor the classname of the driver is known. The loading of the jar, the classpath extension and initializing of the driver works so far. But when I try to use that driver, ...

51. What is meant by LOADING DRIVER CLASS and RIGESTERING DRIVER CLASS    coderanch.com

Hello everyone, Directly i m coming to my doubt... In JDBC we use Class.forName("some vendor specific diverclass"); ----> this statement will load the corresponding driver class and in static block of driver class Registering code is present. What is meant by LOADING DRIVER CLASS??? what is meant by Registering ??? and the DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:---","--"," -- "); --> this vl return the object ...

52. Problem with loading driver    coderanch.com

Look carefully at the error message. It tells you exactly what class couldn't be found. And what is that class? Its name is "LoadDriver". That's the class you wrote, isn't it? Now look at the classpath you set. It consists of only one jar file. Is the class you wrote in that jar file? I think you will find it is ...

53. Loading mechanism of Jdbc Driver    coderanch.com

54. Couldn't Load Database Driver    coderanch.com

55. Unable to load the JDBC driver    coderanch.com

Hi I was trying to execute a java file from Unix. I am using a JDBC connection in this program. Code: XXXXX/test/nirmal/Java > ls -lrt drwxrwxrwx 3 ideasm10 ide 3 Jul 7 11:01 classes drwxrwxrwx 3 ideasm10 ide 3 Jul 7 11:01 src drwxrwxrwx 2 ideasm10 ide 3 Jul 7 11:47 lib -rw-r--r-- 1 ideasm10 ide 71 Jul 7 13:01 sysout.log ...

56. load and register driver    coderanch.com

57. Loading jdbc driver    coderanch.com

Java supports type reflection - getting information about all class definitions - at runtime, and Class.forName() is a way to access the class definition. When it's called, JVM loads that class definition into memory, and executes its static initializer and any static field assignments. In the context of a JDBC drivers, all JDBC driver classes do something special in their static ...

58. How to get the type of the loaded JDBC driver.    java-forums.org

I am using an oracle JDBC driver of version 10.2.0.. Is there any interface method where i can get the type of the loaded driver some thing like whether it of Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 4.? Using the Type of the driver iam going the manipulate some of the supported data types. Thanks.

59. Problem loading JDBC SQL driver.    java-forums.org

My Java file compiles fine and runs fine with the "java resAssetts.class". But I am trying to create a Jar file. I successfully create the Jar file, but when I run it it says "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDataSource". My code is as follows: import java.lang.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.event.*; import java.sql.*; import javax.sql.*; public class resAssetts extends Frame implements ActionListener, WindowListener { public ...

60. Loading JDBC driver    forums.oracle.com

61. Failed to load JDBC driver    forums.oracle.com

64. JavaDB embedded driver loaded into the Solaris common agent    forums.oracle.com

Hi, If there is a better forum please tell me. I've written a Standard JMX MBean which classloads the derby embedded driver before registering with the MBean server. After I shutdown the database and unregister the driver I remove my MBean from the MBean server. The test is just to classload and then remove the driver. When I use jmap and ...