Still baffled by a CONNECTion problem - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc
From | Peter Cook |
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Subject | Still baffled by a CONNECTion problem |
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Msg-id | BAY103-F31AFB9DF052576CD5CE9BEB7870@phx.gbl Whole thread Raw |
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Re: Still baffled by a CONNECTion problem
Re: Still baffled by a CONNECTion problem |
List | pgsql-jdbc |
It appears my first appeal for help wasn�t clear enough. I want to connect my Java Application running on Windows 2000 to my postgresql database. From what I understand and have read there are AT LEAST 2 things I need to do. (1) Have the application load the relevant JDBC driver and (2) Make a connection. With respect to (1), despite numerous attempts I have been unable to resolve the ClassNotFound exception. I have set the CLASSPATH environment variable as follows: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\PROGRA~1\ULTRAE~1;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04\bin;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0\jdbc I have written some test code in Java to load the Driver, as follows: public void displayClasspath() { String driverPath = "C:\\Program Files\\PostgreSQL\\8.0\\jdbc"; String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path"); _displayTextArea.append("Classpath = " + classpath + "\n"); classpath = classpath + ";" + driverPath + "\\postgresql-8.0-311.jdbc3.jar"; System.setProperty("java.class.path", classpath); _displayTextArea.append("Classpath = " + classpath + "\n"); System.setProperty("jdbc.drivers", driverPath); String drivers = System.getProperty("jdbc.drivers"); _displayTextArea.append("Drivers = " + drivers + "\n"); // 1. Load the jdbc.odbc database driver class try { File driverDir = new File(driverPath); if ( driverDir.isDirectory() ) _displayTextArea.append("DriverDir is a directory \n"); else _displayTextArea.append("DriverDir is NOT a directory \n"); File dFile = new File(driverPath + "\\org\\postgresql\\Driver.class"); if ( dFile.isFile() ) _displayTextArea.append("Driver is a file \n"); else _displayTextArea.append("Driver is NOT a file \n"); String driver = "org.postgresql.Driver"; driverPath = driverPath + "\\" + driver; Class.forName(driver); } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) { System.out.println("ClassNotFoundException."); } } The output from this code is as follows: Classpath = C:\Eclipse\Workspace\Test Classpath = C:\Eclipse\Workspace\Test;C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0\jdbc\postgresql-8.0-311.jdbc3.jar Drivers = C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0\jdbc DriverDir is a directory Driver is a file So: - for some unknown reason my Eclipse editor has reset my CLASSPATH - but despite this I am able to programmatically adjust the CLASSPATH property to suit - Java recognized the directory where I have installed the JAR file as a valid directory and is able to locate the relevant driver file WHY WON�T IT LOAD the DRIVER????? With respect to (2) creating a connection. From what I have read I need to set the PostMaster to run with a �-I� flag to enable TCP/IP communication. However the Postmaster is started somewhere in the boot sequence, and I don�t know how to adjust it�s startup. HOW DO I DO THIS? IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I NEED TO DO??? I think I can work out the connection parameters and make the connection IF I CAN RESOLVE THESE QUESTIONS. Yours Sincerely Peter Cook _________________________________________________________________ REALESTATE: biggest buy/rent/share listings http://ninemsn.realestate.com.au
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