Can't connect to MSSQL database

Question

Hi,
I'm very new to J2EE. I've been trying to get my JSPs to access my MSSQL database. I'm using JBoss as the application server.
Here's what I've done:
1. Downloaded and installed the MSSQL 2000 JDBC driver.
2. Edited the \server\default\deploy\mssql-ds.xml file:
<datasources>
<local-tx-datasource>
<jndi-name>MSSQLDS</jndi-name>
<connection-url>jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://server1:1433;DatabaseName=Test;User=sa;Password=passwd;SelectMethod=Cursor</connection-url>
<driver-class>com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver</driver-class>
<DatabaseName>Test</DatabaseName>
<user-name>sa</user-name>
<password>passwd</password>
<min-pool-size>100</min-pool-size>
<max-pool-size>1000</max-pool-size>
<blocking-timeout-millis>5000</blocking-timeout-millis>
</local-tx-datasource>
</datasources>
3. I edited the "C:\jboss\bin\run.bat" file and inserted into the second line:
"set CLASSPATH=c:\mssql_jdbc_driver\lib\mbase.jar;c:\mssql_jdbc_driver\lib\msutil.jar;c:\mssql_jdbc_driver\lib\mssqlserver.jar;"
where C:\mssql_jdbc_driver is the folder where my *.jar files are located.
4. I created a .jsp page like this:
-----Start test.jsp -----------
<%
try {
String sDBDriver = "com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver";
String sConnStr = "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433;DatabaseName=multiplex;User=sa;Password=secret;";
Class.forName(sDBDriver);
java.sql.Connection conn = java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(sConnStr);
java.sql.Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
java.sql.ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("select 'Multiplex' As Name");
while (rs.next()) { %>
<%= rs.getString("Name") %><br>
<%}
catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
System.err.println("Unable to load MSSQL database driver!");
System.err.println("ClassNotFoundException: " + cnfe.getMessage());
%>
------End test.jsp -----------------------
5. But then when I run test.jsp, I get a ClassNotFoundException saying its not able to load the MSSQL driver.
Have I missed out some configuration step? I've been searching all avenues of support for 3 days but still can't get it working. Can someone help, please?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks for your replies.
The database should be "Test", sorry.
I find the JBoss documentation isn't very beginner-friendly. And I can't get a reply from the JBoss forums. Does anyone who has worked with JBoss know where I should define the CLASSPATH for the MSSQL jar files?
Actually if someone could point me to step-by-step instructions on how to set up a database connection to MSSQL from JBoss in a Windows environment, I would be very very grateful...