Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.dr

Question

Hi
I am trying to use type 4 driver to connect to my Oracle 9i Rel2 database. I downloaded the odbc14.jar from oracle and added in the C:\Oracle9i\jdbc\lib path. As on the website, I setup my environment:
Setting Up Your Environment
On Win95/Win98/NT:
- Add [ORACLE_HOME]\jdbc\lib\classes111.zip and
[ORACLE_HOME]\jdbc\lib\nls_charset11.zip to your CLASSPATH.
(Add classes12.zip and nls_charset12.zip if JDK 1.2.x or 1.3 is
used. Add ojdbc14.jar and nls_charset12.zip if JDK 1.4 is used.)
- Make sure [ORACLE_HOME]\bin is in your PATH.
Still I am getting the following error during runtime:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at jdbc.InsertQueryEx.main(InsertQueryEx.java:11)
Below is the source code:
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
public class InsertQueryEx {
public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception{
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@Prashy:1521:orcl", "scott", "tiger");
DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(System.in);
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
while(true){
try{
System.out.println("enter emp name");
String name = din.readLine();
System.out.println("enter emp no");
int no = Integer.parseInt(din.readLine());
System.out.println("enter emp salary");
float sal = Float.parseFloat(din.readLine());
System.out.println("enter emp address");
String addr = din.readLine();
int count = stmt.executeUpdate("insert into myemp values("+no+",'"+name+"',"+sal+",'"+addr+"')");
if(count>0)
System.out.println("Record added");
else
System.out.println("Failed");
catch (Exception e){
System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage());
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Prashant

Answer 1

I am sorry but I did add those in the classpath but still getting this error:
This is what I have for user variable in classpath:
.;C:\Oracle9i\jdbc\lib\ojdbc14.jar;C:\Oracle9i\jdbc\lib\nls_charset12.jar
error is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
     at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
     at jdbc.InsertQueryEx.main(InsertQueryEx.java:14)
Thanks