Jdbc connection to Oracle not working

Question

I just had an Oracle 9i database source connection on my Web server created.
It is called: Projects
Here is what my login looks like into the Oracle 9i database:
sqlplus jones/mypassword@//abcd123c/xyz
I was able to connect with Cold Fusion MX tag and connect to the database.
Now I tried to connect using JSP and it keeps saying datasource not found:
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc.oracle:projects:@abcd123c:xyz","jones","mypassword");
.......Please advise.

Answer 1

Your database connection string looks wrong.
There are two different drivers provided with Oracle. The "thin" driver and "oci8". You need to specify which one to use.
Try the following connection string:
jdbc:oracle:thin:@[IPADRESS]:[SID], userName, password
String userName = "jones";
String password = "mypassword";
String address = "abcd123c";
String SID = "xyz";
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
String connectionString = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@" + address + ":" + SID;
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString, userName, password);