How to install ODBC driver

Question

I am trying to test very simple JDBC connection. I have a database on my local machine and I just want to run some very basic SQL queries. When I am trying to run following code I am getting error saying ODBC driver is not available. Any help is highly appreciate.
Thanks in advance
CODE:
public class TestJDBC
     public static void main(String[] args)
          try{
               System.out.println("Hello World!");
               Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
               String url = "jdbc:odbc:<localDB_name>";
               Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"scott","tiger");
               Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
               stmt.executeUpdate("create table testHk(testId number(10), testName varchar2(7) )");
          }catch(SQLException se){
               System.out.println("Some error while getting Connection to database");
               System.out.println("Exception is ===" + se.getErrorCode());
               se.printStackTrace();
          }catch(ClassNotFoundException ce ){
               System.out.println("Class Name is not found");
ERROR msg is -
java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driv
er specified
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(JdbcOdbc.java:6026)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(JdbcOdbc.java:6183)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLDriverConnect(JdbcOdbc.java:2453)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(JdbcOdbcConnection.java:315)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(JdbcOdbcDriver.java:158)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:172)
at Hk.TestJDBC.main(testJDBC.java:11)

Answer 1

Absolutely,
Your URL will be different, and will be along the
lines of:
for ORACLE...
String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:sid";['thin' refers to a specific driver that allows you to
not have an oracle instance running on the client
machine... port 1521 is teh default, check for
changes... and 'sid' is your instance name]
for mySQL...
String url = "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/sid";[you can guess]
There will be a driver either incuded with your DBMS
(you don't say which you have) but u need to either
place it in your classpath (it will be either a zip or
a jar), or unpack it and place it in your
application's codebase (if you plan to jar the whole
app up and deploy it that way), either way you need to
refer to the driver class using the following method
in the constructor:
for ORACLE...
Class.forName ("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");for mySQL...
Class.forName ("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");You do not need to instantiate this driver, you are
just telling the context where it is...
then all you need to do is...
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
"user", "password");
Statement s =
con.createStatement(ResultSet.TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE,
ResultSet.CONCUR_UPDATABLE);and you are away!
Totally platform independent and no messing around
with ODBC toss
good luckHI,
these drivers will be loaded automatically when we install the respective softwares ? or we have to install them explicitly??
--Bhupendra Mahajan