R.W. Hartung wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am a certified newbie to java, jdbc, and have very little experience
> with PostgreSQL to date. I am trying to install a dicom server as a
> test for a medical office. I have everything set except for the required
> jdbc driver for postgresql.
>
> I have installed the RH9 rpm postgresql-jdbc-7.3.... that contains
> three files:
> pg73bljdbc1.jar
> pg73bljdbc2.jar
> pb73bljdbc3.jar.
>
> I have installed the IBM Java2 SDK.
Which one, 1.3.1 or 1.4.1?
> Which of the jar files in the rpm
> postgresql package provides tghe Java2 level functionality?
Java2 == either 1.2 1.3 or 1.4
> I have
> searched the IBM and Postgres sites and have been overwhelmed with the
> volume of information, but I can't find the specific piece of
> information that I need.
>
The Swing implementation in the 1.3.1 IBM JRE is completely broken. If
you want to do something graphical I suggest you get the 1.4 release
that seems to work nicely (AFAICT). In that case use the
pb73bljdbc3.jar one.
JRE 1.4 => JDBC3
JRE 1.3 => JDBC2
Regards,
Fernando
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