JDBC Connectivity problem - Netbeans using Struts

Question

I am a beginner - trying to learn java on my own. I am trying to access an Oracle database from my Action class- I think I have the proper struts-config (it used to give errors there, but now it doesn't) the application gets stuck at dataSource = getDataSource(request); statement in my java class. I know this is not the proper programming practice for business logic, but I haven't started with EJBs yet... The IDE has access to my database, I can run SQL commands successfully...
Any help in this regard will be appreciated!
Here is my struts-config.. <data-source type="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource">
<set-property property ="autoCommit" value="false"/>
<set-property property ="driverClass" value="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver" />
<set-property property="url" value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:port:XE" />
<set-property property="user" value="user" />
<set-property property="password" value="pass" />
</data-source>
The relevant code in my java class is:
dataSource = getDataSource(request);
myConnection = dataSource.getConnection();
stmt=myConnection.createStatement();
// my code to do whatever....
} catch (SQLException sqle) {
getServlet().log("Connection.process", sqle);
Thanks all.

Answer 1

Hi
please change your code in 2 areas
1)Loading driver class
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
2)getting connection
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl", "scott", "tiger");
i hope it will help you
before executing please verify that classes12.jar or ojdbc14.jar is placed in classpath
for classes12.jar or ojdbc14.jar please goto the following location in your system
C:\oracle92\ora92\jdbc\lib
where oracle92 is oracle installation directory ....
regards
Dharma