Thread: JDBC problem in the docs

I'm being asked the same question every so often, about the following
line:
Class.forName(postgresql.Driver);

People are asking why this isn't working. Obviously there should be quotes
in there, and I'm thinking that they are missing from the docs.
Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");

I haven't the time to check at the moment, but can someone (Tom?) check.
They may have vanished when we converted them to sgml

Peter

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> I'm being asked the same question every so often, about the following
> line:
>         Class.forName(postgresql.Driver);
> People are asking why this isn't working. Obviously there should be quotes
> in there, and I'm thinking that they are missing from the docs.
>         Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");

golem> grep -i Class.forName *.sgml
jdbc.sgml:Class.forName() method. For
<application>Postgres</application>, you would use:
jdbc.sgml:Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");

And from the generated html:

<snip>
In the first method, your code implicitly loads the driver using the
Class.forName() method. For Postgres, you would use: 

Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");
</snip>

Not sure if it could be mentioned somewhere else? Or maybe we can make
a general statement about how well people using Java follow directions
:)
                     - Thomas

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Thomas Lockhart                lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California