Connecting to Oracle 8 Database

Question

im trying a simple connection to an oracle database using the following code :-
import java.sql.*;
public class Test
public static void main (String arguments[])
try
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
String url="jdbc:oravle:thin:@alfgar.cov.ac.uk:1521:acal";
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"Tut_229","Tut_229");
Statement stmt=conn.createStatement();
String update="CREATE TABLE Table1(id CHAR(6))";
String query="SELECT * FROM Table1";
int a = stmt.executeUpdate(update);
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(query);
ResultSetMetaData rsmd=rs.getMetaData();
int cols=rsmd.getColumnCount();
while (rs.next())
     for (int i=1; i<=cols;i++)
          System.out.println(rs.getString(i));
     System.out.println();
rs.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
catch(ClassNotFoundException e)
System.out.println("Cannot load Driver");
catch(SQLException f)
System.out.println(f.getMessage());
Yet when i try and connect it says cannot load driver, i have been provided a oracle driver and its stored in a zip file called classes12.zip and it is sitting in the same folder as the test.class file.
anyone know where im going wrong?

Answer 1

yup that did it (the first one)
pardon my ignorance but how do i add it to my existing classpath, as far as im aware my current rt.jar is in jre/lib and i copied the classes12.zip to that directory but it still didnt find it.
Secondly now it says "No Suitable Driver" when i try and run it
but i was assured the oracle driver was in this package, have i been given a duff driver do you think? or could it be the database is down? i know the database im trying to connect to is usually down after 10pm GMT