java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:.25in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I was reading the email trail about this error message posted by and Ernst Jan and Dave Cramer on:
</span></font><fontcolor="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Date: </span></font><font
color="black"face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">10 Feb 2003</span></font><font color="black"
face="Arial"><spanstyle="font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family:Arial;color:black">16:37:51</span></font><fontcolor="black" face="Arial"><span
style="font-family:Arial;color:black">-0500 </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span class="GramE">and</span> I can't figure out what the
adviceis to fix the problem.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Could you please help?</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial">I get <span class="GramE">the this</span> error:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span
class="SpellE"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</span></font></span><fontface="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">: <span
class="SpellE">org.postgresql.Driver</span></span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span>
java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:199)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged</span>(NativeMethod)</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass</span>(URLClassLoader.java:187)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass</span>(ClassLoader.java:289)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass</span>(Launcher.java:274)</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass</span>(ClassLoader.java:235)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal</span>(ClassLoader.java:302)</span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span>
java.lang.Class.forName0(NativeMethod)</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">java.lang.Class.forName</span>(Class.java:141)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">ResetPass.update</span>(ResetPass.java:23)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">        </span><span class="GramE">at</span> <span
class="SpellE">ResetPass.main</span>(ResetPass.java:44)</span></font><pclass="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">and</span></font></span><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I do have <span class="SpellE">classpath</span> set to where pg73jdbc3.jar
islocated via:</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"CourierNew"">export</span></font></span><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"CourierNew""> CLASSPATH=.:~/lib</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span
class="SpellE"><spanclass="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">javac</span></font></span></span><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><span class="SpellE">TestApp.java</span></span></font><p
class="MsoNormal"><spanclass="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">java</span></font></span><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><span class="SpellE">TestApp</span></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="GramE"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">but</span></font></span><fontface="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I still get the error message.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font
face="Arial"size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; 
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">All I do is:</span></font><pre><span class="GramE"><font color="black" face="Courier New"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt">import</span></font></span> <span
class="SpellE">java.sql</span>.*;</pre><pre><fontcolor="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"><span class="GramE">public</span> class <span
class="SpellE">TestApp</span></span></font></pre><pre><fontcolor="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">{</span></font></pre><pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt"><spanstyle="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span><span class="GramE">public</span> static void main(
String<span class="SpellE">argv</span>[] ) throws </span></font></pre><pre><font color="black" face="Courier New"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">     </span><span
class="SpellE">java.sql.SQLException</span>,<span
class="SpellE">java.lang.ClassNotFoundException</span></span></font></pre><pre><fontcolor="black" face="Courier New"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>{</span></font></pre><pre><font
color="black"face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">    
</span><spanclass="SpellE"><span class="GramE">Class.forName</span></span><span class="GramE">(</span> "<span
class="SpellE">org.postgresql.Driver</span>");</span></font></pre><pre><font color="black" face="Courier New"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">     </span>String <span
class="SpellE">url</span>= "jdbc<span
class="GramE">:postgresql</span>://dbhost:5432/test";</span></font></pre><pre><fontcolor="black" face="Courier New"
size="2"><spanstyle="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">     </span>Connection <span
class="SpellE">conn</span>= <span class="SpellE"><span class="GramE">DriverManager.getConnection</span></span><span
class="GramE">(</span><span class="SpellE">url</span>, "test", "<span class="SpellE">xxxxxxxx</span>"
);</span></font></pre><pre><fontcolor="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span
style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>}</span></font></pre><pre><font color="black" face="Courier New" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt">}</span></font></pre><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I appreciate any help I can get.</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Thanks,</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Azar Ulrich</span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"> </span></font></div>