Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver

Question

When I run java servlet test_ora.java with IE6.0 I get the following error page:
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: Servlet execution threw an exception
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2349)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:171)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:469)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:376)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:518)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
root cause
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver
     at test_ora.doGet(test_ora.java:21)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2349)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:171)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:646)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:469)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:644)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:483)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:405)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:376)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:508)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:518)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
Java Web Services Developer Pack/1.0-fcs
I thought it is about JDBC configuration. But when I run JdbcCheckup.java everything works fine. Can anybody help me, please?
test_ora.java looks like this:
import java.io.*;
import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class test_ora extends HttpServlet {
public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws ServletException, IOException {
String str_dok_numer, str_f_inkraft;
int int_dok_wal_id;
Connection conn=null;
Statement s = null;
response.setContentType("text/html;charset=iso-8859-2");
PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
try {
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.15.2:1521:DB2","janusz","kimono");
s = conn.createStatement();
} catch (SQLException e) {
out.println("Blad polaczenia z baza danych: " + e.getMessage());
try {
ResultSet r =s.executeQuery("select dok_numer, f_inkraft, dok_wal_id from gndlf_umowy_inkraft");
out.println("DOK_NUMER\tF_INKRAFT\tDOK_WAL_ID");
while(r.next()){
out.println (r.getString (1) +"\t" + r.getString (2) + "\t" +r.getString (3));
conn.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
out.println("Wystapil problem z wyslaniem SQL do bazy danych: " + e.getMessage());
finally {
try { conn.close(); }
catch(SQLException e) {}
and here is code for JdbcCheckup.java (I get it from Internet and made some modifications):
* This sample can be used to check the JDBC installation.
* Just run it and provide the connect information. It will select
* "Hello World" from the database.
// You need to import the java.sql package to use JDBC
import java.sql.*;
// We import java.io to be able to read from the command line
import java.io.*;
class JdbcCheckup {
public static void main(String args[])
throws SQLException, IOException
// Load the Oracle JDBC driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
// Prompt the user for connect information
System.out.println("Please enter information to test connection to the database");
String user;
String password;
String database;
user = readEntry("user: ");
int slash_index = user.indexOf('/');
if (slash_index != -1)
password = user.substring(slash_index + 1);
user = user.substring(0, slash_index);
else
password = readEntry("password: ");
database = readEntry("database(a TNSNAME entry): ");
System.out.print("Connecting to the database...");
System.out.flush();
System.out.println("Connecting...");
//Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:oci8:@" + database, user, password);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.15.2:1521:" + database, user, password);
System.out.println("connected!!!");
// Create a statement
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// Do the SQL "Hello World" thing
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery("select 'Hello World' from dual");
while (rset.next())
System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
// close the result set, the statement and connect
rset.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
System.out.println("Your JDBC installation is correct.");
// Utility function to read a line from standard input
static String readEntry(String prompt)
try
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
System.out.print(prompt);
System.out.flush();
int c = System.in.read();
while (c != '\n' && c != -1)
buffer.append((char)c);
c = System.in.read();
return buffer.toString().trim();
catch(IOException e) {
return "";
I use Java Web Service Developer Pack 1.0 on Win98 SE, database Oracle 8.1.7 is installed on dedicated IBM server (AIX 4.x).
I put these lines in autoexec.bat:
set PATH=C:\Perl\bin\;"C:\j2sdk1.4.0\bin";%PATH%
set CLASSPATH=.;C:\j2sdk1.4.0\lib\tools.jar;C:\j2sdk1.4.0\lib\classes12.zip;C:\j2sdk1.4.0\lib\classes111.zip;%CLASSPATH%
set CLASSPATH=C:\jwsdp_1_0\common\lib\servlet.jar;C:\jwsdp_1_0\common\lib\jasper-compiler.jar;C:\jwsdp_1_0\common\lib\jasper-runtime.jar;%CLASSPATH%
set JAVA_HOME=C:\j2sdk1.4.0

Answer 1

I have the same problem. I created a JSP page that uses a class to retrieve database information. I added a main method to the class so I would be able to test it. When I test the class using the main method the method returns all the information from the database. When I try it using Tomcat, I get the following error: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: oracle/jdbc/driver/OracleDriver
Does anyone have an idea of what is going on?
My CLASSPATH configuration is the same.