Error : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

Question

Hi,
I am writing an application and am trying to open a connection to Oracle database that is on a server. I am using the following test code to check if it connects to the database.
import java.sql.*;
class dbAccess {
  public static void main (String args []) throws SQLException
        String DBurl = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@local:1522:DBORA";
        String user = "test";
        String pwd = "test123";
        Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
        con = DriverManager.getConnection(DBurl, user, pwd);
}On running the above program I keep on getting the following error:
Error : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
java.lang.NullPointerException
If I open the connection using JDeveloper wizard I can see the DB. But if running the above program in the JDev, JCreator or commandline keep on getting the error. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

How do I set the path for the Oracle Driver. ThanksI dunno. You're supposed to know where that class is (what jar it lives in). You set it up in JDeveloper in the first place, so you must have known where it is. After you know that, it's up to you to figure out how JCreator projects are set up to include jars in a project (just like JDeveloper projects do). For the command-line way, you set the classpath on the command-line arguments:
java -cp (your classpath here, which must include the jars it needs) ...