Thread: [Q] Can't get simple JDBC connection to work: "no suitable driver"
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Hey folks -
I hope someone can help. I'm trying to get a VERY simple JDBC connection
working with the JDBC drivers but I am consistently getting a "no suitable
driver" error.
I am trying a very very simple test program to access my little PostgreSQL
database & I am using the jdbc driver: jdbc7.1-1.2.jar (binary downloaded
from www.postgresql.org).
The error I'm getting is:
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
The command I'm running is:
java -cp /usr/share/pgsql/jdbc7.1-1.2.jar testpost
The code is:
// testpost.java
import java.sql.*;
public class testpost
{
public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception
{
System.out.println("Beginning Postgres Test");
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
System.out.println("Loaded Driver.");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:postgres:test",
"postgres",
"notreallymypassword"
);
System.out.println("Got connection.");
/* COMMENTED OUT UNTIL I KNOW THE REST WORKS
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT now();");
System.out.println("Ran now query..\nResults:\n");
while (rset.next())
{
System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
}
rset.close();
stmt.close();
*/
conn.close();
System.out.println("Closed connection & Ended Test");
}
}
The ouput I get is:
Beginning Postgres Test
Loaded Driver.
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
I'm using postgres 7.1.3 installed from RPMs (from Postgres) on Red Hat
Linux 7.1 with Sun's jdk 1.3.1 also installed from RPMs (from Sun).
I have a "postgres" user on my machine. I have made the database "test".
Not that I think these things matter because it doesn't seem to be getting
that far. I am starting the postgres server from the root user with the
following command:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
& it seems to be starting fine. I have also turned on tcp-ip connections in
the conf file.
Couple of other facts:
- One thing I notice is that the documentation all refers to a
"postgressql.jar" which I can't find. I can find the "jdbc7.1-1.2.jar"
which is what I'm using.
- One other thing I have tried is to rebuild the drivers from scratch - this
does give me a postgresql.jar - but the error is the same.
- I have also noticed that the jar files are not always the same size:
jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from postgresql-jdbc-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm : 88169 bytes
jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from jdbc.postgresql.org : 93011 bytes
But the error is the same :-)
Any help would be greatly appreciated - and please email replies to me
directly as well as the list.
THANKS in advance.
'deep
----------------------------------
Amandeep Jawa
Worker Bee Software
----------------------------------
deep@worker-bee.com
225A Dolores St.
San Francisco, CA 94103-2202
Home: 415 255 6257 (ALL MALP)
professional: http://www.worker-bee.com
personal: http://www.deeptrouble.com
political: http://www.sflcv.org
Try changing the connection url to the following:
"jdbc:postgresql:test"
This should do the trick. postgres is not a valid subprotocol which explains
the error message that you're getting. postgresql is the only subprotocol
recognized by the PostgreSQL JDBC driver.
Liam
On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 04:28:06PM -0700, Amandeep Jawa wrote:
> (PLEASE email any replies to me directy as well as posting)
>
> Hey folks -
>
> I hope someone can help. I'm trying to get a VERY simple JDBC connection
> working with the JDBC drivers but I am consistently getting a "no suitable
> driver" error.
>
> I am trying a very very simple test program to access my little PostgreSQL
> database & I am using the jdbc driver: jdbc7.1-1.2.jar (binary downloaded
> from www.postgresql.org).
>
> The error I'm getting is:
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
> at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
>
>
> The command I'm running is:
>
> java -cp /usr/share/pgsql/jdbc7.1-1.2.jar testpost
>
> The code is:
>
> // testpost.java
>
> import java.sql.*;
>
> public class testpost
> {
>
> public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception
> {
> System.out.println("Beginning Postgres Test");
> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
>
> System.out.println("Loaded Driver.");
> Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
> "jdbc:postgres:test",
> "postgres",
> "notreallymypassword"
> );
>
> System.out.println("Got connection.");
> /* COMMENTED OUT UNTIL I KNOW THE REST WORKS
> Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
> ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT now();");
>
> System.out.println("Ran now query..\nResults:\n");
> while (rset.next())
> {
> System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
> }
>
> rset.close();
> stmt.close();
> */
> conn.close();
>
> System.out.println("Closed connection & Ended Test");
>
> }
>
> }
>
>
>
> The ouput I get is:
>
> Beginning Postgres Test
> Loaded Driver.
> Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
> at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
>
> I'm using postgres 7.1.3 installed from RPMs (from Postgres) on Red Hat
> Linux 7.1 with Sun's jdk 1.3.1 also installed from RPMs (from Sun).
>
> I have a "postgres" user on my machine. I have made the database "test".
> Not that I think these things matter because it doesn't seem to be getting
> that far. I am starting the postgres server from the root user with the
> following command:
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start
> & it seems to be starting fine. I have also turned on tcp-ip connections in
> the conf file.
>
> Couple of other facts:
> - One thing I notice is that the documentation all refers to a
> "postgressql.jar" which I can't find. I can find the "jdbc7.1-1.2.jar"
> which is what I'm using.
>
> - One other thing I have tried is to rebuild the drivers from scratch - this
> does give me a postgresql.jar - but the error is the same.
>
> - I have also noticed that the jar files are not always the same size:
> jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from postgresql-jdbc-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm : 88169 bytes
> jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from jdbc.postgresql.org : 93011 bytes
> But the error is the same :-)
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated - and please email replies to me
> directly as well as the list.
>
> THANKS in advance.
> 'deep
>
>
> ----------------------------------
> Amandeep Jawa
> Worker Bee Software
> ----------------------------------
> deep@worker-bee.com
> 225A Dolores St.
> San Francisco, CA 94103-2202
>
> Home: 415 255 6257 (ALL MALP)
>
> professional: http://www.worker-bee.com
> personal: http://www.deeptrouble.com
> political: http://www.sflcv.org
>
>
>
>
>
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Liam Stewart :: Red Hat Canada, Ltd. :: liams@redhat.com
Change
"jdbc:postgres:test",
To
"jdbc:postgresql:test"
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-jdbc-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Amandeep Jawa
Sent: October 11, 2001 7:28 PM
To: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Subject: [JDBC] [Q] Can't get simple JDBC connection to work: "no
suitable driver"
(PLEASE email any replies to me directy as well as posting)
Hey folks -
I hope someone can help. I'm trying to get a VERY simple JDBC
connection working with the JDBC drivers but I am consistently getting a
"no suitable driver" error.
I am trying a very very simple test program to access my little
PostgreSQL database & I am using the jdbc driver: jdbc7.1-1.2.jar
(binary downloaded from www.postgresql.org).
The error I'm getting is:
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
The command I'm running is:
java -cp /usr/share/pgsql/jdbc7.1-1.2.jar testpost
The code is:
// testpost.java
import java.sql.*;
public class testpost
{
public static void main(String argv[]) throws Exception
{
System.out.println("Beginning Postgres Test");
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
System.out.println("Loaded Driver.");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:postgres:test",
"postgres",
"notreallymypassword"
);
System.out.println("Got connection.");
/* COMMENTED OUT UNTIL I KNOW THE REST WORKS
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT now();");
System.out.println("Ran now query..\nResults:\n");
while (rset.next())
{
System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
}
rset.close();
stmt.close();
*/
conn.close();
System.out.println("Closed connection & Ended Test");
}
}
The ouput I get is:
Beginning Postgres Test
Loaded Driver.
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:537)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:177)
at testpost.main(testpost.java:14)
I'm using postgres 7.1.3 installed from RPMs (from Postgres) on Red Hat
Linux 7.1 with Sun's jdk 1.3.1 also installed from RPMs (from Sun).
I have a "postgres" user on my machine. I have made the database
"test". Not that I think these things matter because it doesn't seem to
be getting that far. I am starting the postgres server from the root
user with the following command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql start & it
seems to be starting fine. I have also turned on tcp-ip connections in
the conf file.
Couple of other facts:
- One thing I notice is that the documentation all refers to a
"postgressql.jar" which I can't find. I can find the "jdbc7.1-1.2.jar"
which is what I'm using.
- One other thing I have tried is to rebuild the drivers from scratch -
this does give me a postgresql.jar - but the error is the same.
- I have also noticed that the jar files are not always the same size:
jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from postgresql-jdbc-7.1.3-1PGDG.i386.rpm : 88169 bytes
jdbc7.1-1.2.jar from jdbc.postgresql.org : 93011 bytes But the error is
the same :-)
Any help would be greatly appreciated - and please email replies to me
directly as well as the list.
THANKS in advance.
'deep
----------------------------------
Amandeep Jawa
Worker Bee Software
----------------------------------
deep@worker-bee.com
225A Dolores St.
San Francisco, CA 94103-2202
Home: 415 255 6257 (ALL MALP)
professional: http://www.worker-bee.com
personal: http://www.deeptrouble.com
political: http://www.sflcv.org
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> Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( > "jdbc:postgres:test", > "postgres", > "notreallymypassword" > I think it's just that the url should be jdbc:postrgesql:text (add the "ql") -Nick -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Fankhauser nickf@ontko.com Phone 1.765.935.4283 Fax 1.765.962.9788 Ray Ontko & Co. Software Consulting Services http://www.ontko.com/
On 11 Oct 2001 at 16:28 (-0700), Amandeep Jawa wrote:
| (PLEASE email any replies to me directy as well as posting)
try the conn url below.
| System.out.println("Loaded Driver.");
| Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
| "jdbc:postgres:test",
"jdbc:postgresql://localhost/test"
| "postgres",
| "notreallymypassword"
| );
hth.
brent
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