Thread: Where is the JDBC Driver for PostgreSQL on Redhat6.0?

Hello

I'm new to Linux. And I want to try some java program on Linux which will
access some database using JDBC.
After I installed redhat6.0 I found there is alread a DBMS PostgreSQL 6.4.2.
So I decided to use this one.

I read the document of the PostgreSQL ( in /usr/doc/postgres6.4.2/). It says
there is already a JDBC driver for PostgreSQL. But in that document it just
teaches u how to build the Driver file (postgresql.jar) from some source
files. But I can find none of them. So I guess maybe when installing Redhat
it didn't install all the files of PostgreSQL, and so u won't have the JDBC
driver? Is it true?

So do I need to download a JDBC driver for it or just download another newer
version of PostgreSQL and re-install it? Or does it just exist somewhere I
don't know?

Thanks in advance!
With my best regards:
Janet

PostgreSQL JDBC Faq: http://www.retep.org.uk/postgres

Janet wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'm new to Linux. And I want to try some java program on Linux which will
> access some database using JDBC.
> After I installed redhat6.0 I found there is alread a DBMS PostgreSQL 6.4.2.
> So I decided to use this one.
>
> I read the document of the PostgreSQL ( in /usr/doc/postgres6.4.2/). It says
> there is already a JDBC driver for PostgreSQL. But in that document it just
> teaches u how to build the Driver file (postgresql.jar) from some source
> files. But I can find none of them. So I guess maybe when installing Redhat
> it didn't install all the files of PostgreSQL, and so u won't have the JDBC
> driver? Is it true?
>
> So do I need to download a JDBC driver for it or just download another newer
> version of PostgreSQL and re-install it? Or does it just exist somewhere I
> don't know?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> With my best regards:
> Janet

There is also PostgreSQL 7.0 (6.4.2 is rather old and bug fixes will not be
easy).  The 7.0-2 RPMS at www.postgresql.org include the 7.0 jar file as well

Karl DeBisschop
www.infoplease.com