Jdbc.app.DB2Driver ? class not found

Question

in my code i have a string
private static String COM_IBM_DB2_JDBC_APP_DB2DRIVER = COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver;and my connection code
                                   Connection conn;
                                   Class.forName(COM_IBM_DB2_JDBC_APP_DB2DRIVER).newInstance();
                                   conn = DriverManager.getConnection(JDBC_DB2 + SERVER, USERID, PWD);when i run my code i get this error
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2DriverClassNotFoundException: COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:241)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:516)
     at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:460)
     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:448)
     at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
     at main(testCon.java(Compiled Code))
i am not sure why i get the error. im my CLASSPATH i have
C:\SQLLIB\java\db2java.zip;
where the driver is.
any suggestions on what else i am missing?? thanks in advance
annie

Answer 1

I had the same problem. But I was compiling and running code at command line on Windows XP.
My db2java.zip was located here C:\Program Files\some_folder\SQLLIB\java\ and jxl.jar was located somewhare else.
In order to keep all these files in one place, I created a folder "D:/classes" and added db2java.zip and jxl.jar to it.
Then set the classpath like this set CLASSPATH=D:\classes\jxl.jar;D:\classes\db2java.zip;.
Now everything works fine. No more class not found errors.