Connection to MySql in linux with jdbc odbc

Question

I am trying to connect my Applet to a MySql database
Here is the code :
try
                         Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                    }catch(Exception excpt)     {
                         txtLastName.setText("ERROR");
               try {
                    String URL = "jdbc:odbc:mycon";
                    Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(URL,"francis","pass");
                    } catch (SQLException e1) {
                    txtLastName.setText("ERROR");
                    }"mycon"-> name of the system DSN to MySql in ODBCconfig
THE Stack trace :
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)
Please Helppp !!
Thanks in Advance,
Cheers,
Francis

Answer 1

Hey Thanks for the quick Reply
Well ,
I have checked and "mycon" is the right name of the
DSN on the ODBCConfig.On the client machine? Not the server where the applet comes from but on the machine where it runs.
That is the only way ODBC/DSN will work.