Connecting to an oracle db with jdbc

Question

I downloaded the jdbc drivers and unzipped them to "C:\SDK\Classes", therefore they're "C:\SDK\Classes\oracle\jdbc\..."
My classpath is set to "C:\SDK\Classes\"
public void connect()
        String serverName = "********";
        String portNumber = "1521";
        String sid = "oracle9";
        String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@" + serverName + ":" + portNumber + ":" + sid;
        String username = "*****";
        String password = "*****";
       Connection connection = null;
     try
            String driverName = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
            Class.forName(driverName);
     // Create a connection to the database
     connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
        System.out.println("Could not find the database driver");
         catch (SQLException e)
            System.out.println("Could not connect to the database");
}I get the error "Could not find the database driver" when i run this.
Can anyone suggest anything?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Check your classpath and webserver library directory
it must be classes12.jar file in the lib directory that using the webserver
or classpath
.;c:\jdk1.3.1\extlib\classes12.jar;
and check your jdbc driver version