try downloading the jar file from
http://jdbc.postgresql.org/download.html
and set tcp/ip connection = true in postgresql.conf file
i have tried it out and was successful
copy the postgresql.jar file into the j2sdk/lib folder
set the class path to j2sdk/lib/postgresql.jar in you bash profile for
root and your login
i did it and am currently am working on it
all the best
> ed@ednevitible.co.uk wrote in message news:<20040414215304.243bc14e.ed@ednevitible.co.uk>...
> > Hello I have downloaded the postgre driver for java, and tried to run
> > the following code;
> >
> > import java.io.*;
> > import java.sql.*;
> >
> > public class DataBase
> > {
> >
> >
> > public static void main(String args[])
> > {
> > try {
> > Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
> > } catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
> > System.err.println("Couldn't find driver class:");
> > cnfe.printStackTrace();
> > }
> >
> >
> > System.out.println("Testing");
> > }
> > }
> >
> >
> > However, I get this output:
> > ed@desktop:~/jbproject$ javac Example1.java && java Example1
> > Checking if Driver is registered with DriverManager.
> > Couldn't find the driver!
> > Let's print a stack trace, and exit.
> > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver
> > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:199)
> > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
> > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
> > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
> > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
> > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302)
> > at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
> > at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
> > at Example1.main(Example1.java:10)
> >
> > The driver is there, after reading the documentation I thought, perhaps
> > I have to rename the .jar file to postgres.jar:
> >
> > ed@desktop:/usr/lib/j2sdk1.4.2$ find . | grep postgres
> > ./jre/lib/ext/postgresql.jar
> > ./lib/postgresql.jar
> >
> > I am very confused as to what is going wrong.
> >
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