loading jdbc Driver in servlet - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rob Sargent
Subject loading jdbc Driver in servlet
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Msg-id 5182a498-cfde-e7a3-998d-fea79bedaf35@gmail.com
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Responses Re: loading jdbc Driver in servlet  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
Re: loading jdbc Driver in servlet  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Using java 1.8, postgresql-42.1.4.jar, embedded tomcat 9

It appears to me that I need to make the call "Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver)" when the entry is in a servlet.  Is this expected, within a servlet, or is this just post hoc ergo propter hoc at it finest and I changed something else (wittingly or not).  Same code outside of servlet does not need the forced loading of the class and the manual claims it's not need after java 1.6

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