How do i connect to SQL server using the JDBC ODBC

Question

I am attempting to connect to a database on a server over a network. It is running SQL Server 2005. Am i supposed to set the ODBC on my computer or on the server computer and this is the code i am using but i keep getting a class not found exception.
//Variables for the connection to the second Database static final String JDBC_DRIVER2 = "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc";; static final String DATABASE_URL2 = "jdbc:sqlserver:///*serverName*/;databaseName=Dashboard;" + "user=dashboard; password = **********"; private Connection connection2; public void Connection2() throws Exception{ Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER2); connection2 = DriverManager.getConnection(DATABASE_URL2); System.out.println("Connected 2"); Statement statement2 = connection2.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE, ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE); }
I have the server's actual name in /*serverName*/ so i know that it is not the issue i left it out for business sensitivity.
I downloaded sqljdbc.jar and have placed it both in my eclipse driver folder and in the project folder itself.
Any help would be very grateful.
Thanks Nathan M.

Answer 1

ODBC has nothing to do with the driver in the code that you posted.
Class not found has nothing to do with the connection string.
And the exception stack trace, if you were printing it, would make that obvious because then you would note that
it isn't getting to that line.
Class not found exception means that either your class path is wrong, which is a basic part of java not jdbc,
or that you specified the class name wrong.
I downloaded sqljdbc.jar and have placed it both in my eclipse driver folder and in the project folder itself.Apparently that isn't sufficient because it still isn't in your class path.