Re: forName finds Driver but getConnection doesn't - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

On Wednesday 20 November 2002 04:20 pm, Dennis King wrote:
> --- Haris Peco <snpe@snpe.co.yu> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 November 2002 11:46 pm, Dennis King wrote:
> > > Hi All. I can't get to my carefully set-up database through java
> >
> > with
> >
> > > a simple test program. I think I've hit most of the required
> >
> > set-up
> >
> > > points:
> > >
> > > * I've got all the postgresql packages installed (checked with
> >
> > rpm
> >
> > > -qa | grep -i postgres; they're there, including the jdbc one).
> > > * I set tcpip_socket = true in
> >
> > /var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf.
> >
> > > * I also updated /etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that postmaster gets -o
> >
> > "-i";
> >
> > > this means that the "pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/data status"
> >
> > command
> >
> > > shows the -i flag was passed in.
> > > * I have the right driver in the classpath (I pass in -classpath
> > > /usr/share/pgsql/pgjdbc2.jar when compiling and running; for some
> > > reason, copying the jar to /jre/lib/ext doesn't work with any
> >
> > jars
> >
> > > for me).
> > > * I added the lines "host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 trust"
> >
> > and
> >
> > > "host all 192.168.0.0 255.255.0.0 trust" to
> > > /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
> > > * I created a new database, "webdb"
> > > * I added the user "xxx" with the password "yyy" to the database,
> >
> > and
> >
> > > verified by logging into psql with -U xxx (had pg_hba.conf set to
> > > password so was challenged and succeeded)
> > >
> > > With all of this, my java program has these lines:
> > >
> > > Connection dbConnection = null;
> > > try{
> > > Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
> > > dbConnection =
> >
> > DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:webdb",
> >
> > > "xxx", "yyy");
> > > }
> > >
> > > I get the error "java.sql.SQLException: Driver not found for URL:
> > > jdbc:postgresql:webdb". (Note it's finding the driver with the
> > > forName() method call).
> > >
> > > I've tried using jdbc:postgresql://localhost/webdb.
> > >
> > > I have, of course, restarted the box several times.
> > >
> > > Any pointers you have would be extremely gratefully received.
> >
> > Hello Dennis,
> >   jdbc:postgresql:webdb is not good URL
> > If you database webdb and server localhost then second URL is good
> > and problem is in TCP connection - what is your port ?
> >
> > regards
> > Haris Peco
>
> Haris et al.,
>
> I never specified a port in the install, so Postgresql should be
> running on the default port, 5432. I did uncomment the line in the
> .conf file (all lines seem to be commmented out by default). (By the
> way, my .conf file has all lines commented out, which I presume means
> that it's just operating on the defaults. Is there any chance my
> firewall (default product shipped with Red Hat 8) would be
> interfering with the communication?
>
> Just in case it helps, the SQLException stack trace is this:
>
> java.sql.SQLException: Driver not found for URL:
> jdbc:postgresql://localhost:webdb
>    at 0x4028115f: java.lang.Throwable.Throwable(java.lang.String)
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x402740d2: java.lang.Exception.Exception(java.lang.String)
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40316294:
> java.sql.SQLException.SQLException(java.lang.String,
> java.lang.String, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40316244:
> java.sql.SQLException.SQLException(java.lang.String)
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40316102:
> java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(java.lang.String,
> java.util.Properties) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x4031603a:
> java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(java.lang.String,
> java.lang.String, java.lang.String) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x4039d347: ffi_call_SYSV (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x4039d307: ffi_raw_call (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40248528:
> _Jv_InterpMethod.continue1(_Jv_InterpMethodInvocation)
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40248e34: _Jv_InterpMethod.run(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
> _Jv_InterpMethodInvocation) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40246424: _Jv_InterpMethod.run_normal(ffi_cif, void, ffi_raw,
> void) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x4039d1bc: ?? (??:0)
>    at 0x4025b308: gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.call_main()
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)   at 0x402c60b1:
> gnu.gcj.runtime.FirstThread.run() (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x40267fdc: _Jv_ThreadRun(java.lang.Thread)
> (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x4023478c: _Jv_RunMain(java.lang.Class, byte const, int, byte
> const, boolean) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>    at 0x08048900: __gcj_personality_v0
> (jdbc.driver=org.postgresql.Driver)
>    at 0x420158d4: __libc_start_main
> (jdbc.driver=org.postgresql.Driver)
>    at 0x080486c1: _Jv_RegisterClasses
> (jdbc.driver=org.postgresql.Driver)
> java.sql.SQLException: Driver not found for URL:
> jdbc:postgresql://localhost:webdb
>
>
Is it postgresl.jar in CLASSPATH ?