Do I need to set Microsoft Driver for Oracle in Windows XP?

Question

Hi,
I need to insert data into Oracle Table from java Code.
I need to use JDBC-ODBC Bridge.
The code is:
import java.sql.Driver;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverPropertyInfo;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class DriverTest {
String protocol ="jdbc:odbc://wbalud1b.npc.za:1572/ORA8D.NPC.ZA";
String driverClass ="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver";
//Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(protocol,"TUTU_CONN","TUTU142");
Connection connection;
Statement statement;
public void initialize() throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
Class.forName(driverClass);
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(protocol);
if(connection!=null)
System.out.print("The Connection is not null now");
public static void main(String args[]) {
DriverTest driverTest = new DriverTest();
try {
driverTest.initialize();
catch(SQLException sqlException) {
while(sqlException !=null)
sqlException.printStackTrace();
sqlException = sqlException.getNextException();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}I am getting a runtime error.
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name too lon
g
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(JdbcOdbc.java:6958)
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(JdbcOdbc.java:7115)
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLDriverConnect(JdbcOdbc.java:3074)
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(JdbcOdbcConnection.java:3
23)
        at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:174)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:525)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)
        at DriverTest.initialize(DriverTest.java:22)
        at DriverTest.main(DriverTest.java:35)Regards
Taton

Answer 1

Hi,
I am getting runtime Exception:
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:545)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:193)
        at DriverTest.initialize(DriverTest.java:24)
        at DriverTest.main(DriverTest.java:37)with the below code
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class DriverTest {
String protocol ="jdbc:odbc:thin:@wcalqd0b.pwc.ca:1522:ORA9D.PWC.CA";
String driverClass ="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
//Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(protocol,"REG_CONN","REG123");
Connection connection;
Statement statement;
public void initialize() throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException {
Class.forName(driverClass);
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(protocol);
if(connection!=null)
System.out.print("The Connection is not null now");
public static void main(String args[]) {
DriverTest driverTest = new DriverTest();
try {
driverTest.initialize();
catch(SQLException sqlException) {
while(sqlException !=null)
sqlException.printStackTrace();
sqlException = sqlException.getNextException();
catch(Exception e)
e.printStackTrace();
}I have configured the classpath variable as
SET Classpath=.;E:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\jdbc\lib\classes12.jar;E:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\jdbc\lib\ojdbc14.jar;D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_15\bin;E:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\bin;E:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\jre\1.4.2\bin\client;E:\Oracle\product\10.1.0\Client_1\jre\1.4.2\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;D:\Sun\studio_04Q4\Ent_04Q4\modules\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;
Regards
Taton