Database driver help

Question

hello
I get thethis error message when I try to run my program
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
this is the code which has my connection info.
Can someone please help me
String usrname = "frelimart";
String pssword = "12345";
String database = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE";
public void myConnection() throws SQLException
try
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("Could not load diver " + e);
public static void insertSchool(String schName, String schAddr1,
String schAddr2, String schCity, String country, Date sqlDate,
String createdBy) throws SQLException
try
System.out.println("I am here");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("database, usrname, pssword");
PreparedStatement stmt = conn.prepareStatement(
"INSERT INTO school VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
try {
stmt.setString(1, schName);
stmt.setString(2, schAddr1);
stmt.setString(3, schAddr2);
stmt.setString(4, schCity);
stmt.setString(5, country);
stmt.setDate(6, sqlDate);
stmt.setString(7, createdBy);
stmt.execute();
catch(SQLException excep) {
System.out.println("Could not add School: " + excep) ;
catch (SQLException excon) {
System.out.println(excon);
}

Answer 1

The Cass.forName works, but make sure that you have correctly defined your CLASSPATH environment variable for your jdbc classes.
D:\java>type connect.java
import java.sql.* ;
public class connect
    String usrname = "scott";
    String pssword = "tiger";
    String database = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:";
    public static void main(String[] args)
        connect c ;
        c = new connect() ;
        try
            c.myConnection(args[0]) ;
        catch(SQLException ex)
            System.out.println("Error:" + ex.getMessage()) ;
    public void myConnection(String db) throws SQLException
        try
            Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
            System.out.println("Could not load diver " + e);
        database = database + db ;
        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(database, usrname, pssword);
        System.out.println("Connected.") ;
        conn.close() ;
D:\java>javac connect.java
D:\java>java connect ora10gr1
Error:ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
ORA-27101: shared memory realm does not exist
D:\java>java connect ora10gr2
Connected.
D:\java>