Find sqlite database - getResource()...?

Question

Hi,
I have just created a program that connects to an offline sqlite database. I then created a jar file and from this created a exe file. The program works fine and connects to the database, but it will only connect to the database when the database (Test.db) is in a certain folder. This is my current code.
try {       Class.forName("SQLite.JDBCDriver");       con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:/Test.db"); }
I was wondering if there was some code I could use in my program that would allow the database to be accessed from any folder such as something like getClass().getResource("Test.db")? I have tried to implement this but couldn't get the database connnect. This is the code I used.
try {       Class.forName("SQLite.JDBCDriver");       URL loc = EngineerApp.class.getResource("Test.db");       String location = loc.toString().substring(4);       String connection = "jdbc:sqlite:/" + location;       con = DriverManager.getConnection(connection); }
Or is it possible to add the Test.db to the jars Manifest classpath?
I am only new to java and databases so please excuse me if these sound like silly questions but I would appreciate if anyone could help me with it.
Edited by: 1605 on 24 Aib 2008 10:18

Answer 1

sqlite3* database; should probably be
static sqlite3* database;