Connecting to a database (Linux - Debian)

Question

Hi. This one has me completely confused.
Im trying to connect to a mdb in debian, but the code only works in windows.
this code here works in windows:
try {
               String chemin = "Database\Elcire.mdb";
               String fullConnectionString = "jdbc:odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=" + chemin;
               Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver").newInstance();
               conn = DriverManager.getConnection(fullConnectionString);
               System.out.println("Connected To SQL Server");
          } catch(Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          }but in Debian, i get this error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.initialize(Unknown Source)
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at Server.<init>(Server.java:58)
        at Server.main(Server.java:33)I have no clue why it might not be working.
The only thing that i can think of is me having to change the directory format to something else, which still isnt any help cause i have no clue what to change it do.
any help is really appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
Mockers

Answer 1

I see what you mean, altho i dont see how i could have more than 1 running. i maped a network drive from my windows computer and searched it, and the only .jar files that came up where in that directory. heres the directory listing:
root@GlenServer:/usr/lib/j2re1.5-sun/lib# ls
applet                                fontconfig.RedHat.bfc                jsse.jar
audio                                 fontconfig.RedHat.properties.src     jvm.hprof.txt
charsets.jar                          fontconfig.Sun.2003.bfc              locale
classlist                             fontconfig.Sun.2003.properties.src   logging.properties
cmm                                   fontconfig.Sun.bfc                   management
content-types.properties              fontconfig.Sun.properties.src        mysql-connector-java-3.1.14
deploy.jar                            fontconfig.SuSE.bfc                  mysql-connector-java-3.1.14-bin.jar
ext                                   fontconfig.SuSE.properties.src       mysql-connector-java-3.1.14.tar
flavormap.properties                  fontconfig.Turbo.8.0.bfc             net.properties
fontconfig.bfc                        fontconfig.Turbo.8.0.properties.src  oblique-fonts
fontconfig.properties.src             fontconfig.Turbo.bfc                 plugin.jar
fontconfig.RedHat.2.1.bfc             fontconfig.Turbo.properties.src      psfontj2d.properties
fontconfig.RedHat.2.1.properties.src  fonts                                psfont.properties.ja
fontconfig.RedHat.3.bfc               i386                                 rt.jar
fontconfig.RedHat.3.properties.src    im                                   security
fontconfig.RedHat.8.0.bfc             images                               sound.properties
fontconfig.RedHat.8.0.properties.src  javaws                               zi
fontconfig.RedHat.9.0.bfc             javaws.jar
fontconfig.RedHat.9.0.properties.src  jce.jarand this is my java version:
java version "1.5.0_11"