Thread: new user rpm content question.

Hi all,
   I am a certified newbie to java, jdbc, and have very little experience
with PostgreSQL to date.  I am trying to install a dicom server as a test
for a medical office. I have everything set except for the required jdbc
driver for postgresql.

   I have installed the RH9 rpm postgresql-jdbc-7.3.... that contains three
files:
      pg73bljdbc1.jar
      pg73bljdbc2.jar
      pb73bljdbc3.jar.

   I have installed the IBM Java2 SDK.  Which of the jar files in the rpm
postgresql package provides tghe Java2 level functionality?  I have
searched the IBM and Postgres sites and have been overwhelmed with the
volume of information, but I can't find the specific piece of information
that I need.

   Thanks for your help.

Bob Hartung

R.W. Hartung wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>   I am a certified newbie to java, jdbc, and have very little experience
> with PostgreSQL to date.  I am trying to install a dicom server as a
> test for a medical office. I have everything set except for the required
> jdbc driver for postgresql.
>
>   I have installed the RH9 rpm postgresql-jdbc-7.3.... that contains
> three files:
>      pg73bljdbc1.jar
>      pg73bljdbc2.jar
>      pb73bljdbc3.jar.
>
>   I have installed the IBM Java2 SDK.

Which one, 1.3.1 or 1.4.1?

> Which of the jar files in the rpm
> postgresql package provides tghe Java2 level functionality?

Java2 == either 1.2 1.3 or 1.4

> I have
> searched the IBM and Postgres sites and have been overwhelmed with the
> volume of information, but I can't find the specific piece of
> information that I need.
>

The Swing implementation in the 1.3.1 IBM JRE is completely broken.  If
you want to do something graphical I suggest you get the 1.4 release
that seems to work nicely (AFAICT).  In that case use the
pb73bljdbc3.jar one.

JRE 1.4 => JDBC3

JRE 1.3 => JDBC2


Regards,
Fernando

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