Connect to dbf file from jsp with servletexec??

Question

I am trying to connect to a dbf file from a jsp page on an win2003Server with ServletExec. But i get the exception "no suitable driver".
It works fine with the exact same code and file on my winxp machine. This is the connectionstring: url = "jdbc:odbc:;DRIVER=Microsoft dBase VFP Driver (*.dbf);Sourcedb=E:\\Data\\der\\Solutions;Sourcetype=dbf";
I can create a "Microsoft dBase VFP Driver" odbcConnection from the controlPanel and than use the connection from MicrosoftAccess and it works as it should. But I can't use it from the jsp code like this: url="jdbc:odbc:testdriver" .
It feels like I am missing something in servletexec. Like a classpath to the odbcdriver. But in all my other installations I have not done anything more than installed the servletexc correctly and added the classpath for parser.jar and jaxp.jar.
Am I missing something here???
Zoktrax

Answer 1

Try putting a Class.forName( "my.jdbc.DriverClass" ) before DriverManager.getConnection( url, user, password ), where "my.jdbc.DriverClass" is the fully-qualified class name of the JDBC driver class. I think that JDBC driver classes have static initializers that register the driver class with the DriverManager. I had a similar problem and the Class.forName( ) fixed it.
If that doesn't work, double-check your URL.
- Jesse