Jdbc connection to MS Access tables

Question

I am trying to connect to a set of Microsoft Access database tables using the code below. This code was based on coding in the book I am learning Java from and seems to match all other JDBC information I have found yet I still recieve the following error message:
jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
No suitable driver
import java.sql.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class QADDCon extends Applet implements ActionListener{
     Button btnUpdate;
     Button btnNextRec;
     protected TextField txtID;
     protected TextField txtExType;
     Label lblHeading;
     Label lblID;
     Label lblType;
     Panel pnlTop, pnlBottom, pnlBLeft, pnlBRight;
     ResultSet rsType;
     public void init(){
          lblHeading = new Label("Examination Types");
          add(lblHeading);
          lblID = new Label("Exam ID:");
          txtID = new TextField(5);
          pnlTop = new Panel();
          pnlTop.add(lblID);
          pnlTop.add(txtID);
          add(pnlTop);
          lblType = new Label("Exam Type");
          txtExType = new TextField(20);
          pnlBottom = new Panel();
          pnlBottom.add(lblType);
          pnlBottom.add(txtExType);
          add(pnlBottom);
          btnUpdate = new Button("Update");
          btnUpdate.addActionListener(this);
          pnlBLeft = new Panel();
          pnlBLeft.add(btnUpdate);
          add(pnlBLeft);
          btnNextRec = new Button("Next Record");
          btnNextRec.addActionListener(this);
          pnlBRight = new Panel();
          pnlBRight.add(btnNextRec);
          add(pnlBRight);
          try{
          ConnTable();
     //     txtID.setText(rsType.getString(1));
     //     txtExType.setText(rsType.getString(2));
     }catch(SQLException e){
          System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     public void paint(Graphics g){
     //     try{
     //     txtID.setText(rsType.getString(1));
     //     txtExType.setText(rsType.getString(2));
//     }catch(SQLException e){
//          System.out.println(e.getMessage());
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt){
     //     String arg = evt.getActionCommand();
//          if (arg == "Next Record"){
//               try{
               //     rsType.next();
//     }catch(SQLException e){
     //     System.out.println(e.getMessage());
//               repaint();
//          else if(arg == "Update"){
//                    try{
               //     UpdateType(txtID.getText(), txtExType.getText());
//     }catch(SQLException e){
     //     System.out.println(e.getMessage());
//          else{
          //     System.out.println("Unknown Action Event");
     public static void main(String[] args){
          QADDCon clsTest = new QADDCon();
          clsTest.init();
          clsTest.start();
     public void ConnTable() throws SQLException{
          try{
          Class.forName("jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
     catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e){
          System.out.println("Cannot Load Driver: "+e.getMessage());
          Connection conType = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Tables;uid='pjh8hendl';pw='pjh78uiop'");
     //     Statement stmtType = conType.createStatement();
     //     rsType = stmtType.executeQuery("SELECT EXAMNAMEID, EXAMNAME FROM EXAMNAME");
     public void UpdateType(String strID, String strType) throws SQLException{
          int RetVal;
     //     Connection conUp = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Tables1;uid='pjh8hendl';pw='pjh78uiop'");
     //     Statement stmtUp = conUp.createStatement();
     //     String SQLBuffer = "UPDATE EXAMNAME SET EXAMNAMEID ="+txtID.getText()+", EXAMNAME ="+txtExType.getText()+" WHERE EXAMNAMEID = "+txtID.getText();
     //     RetVal = stmtUp.executeUpdate(SQLBuffer);
The Jdbc-Odbc bridge driver I am using is supposed to be supplied with my JDK (1.3.1) can anyone pointout what is going wrong? (I have remmed out the result set coding to debug the application in steps)
     

Answer 1

Intead of
Class.forName("jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
do this
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Manu