JDBC-ODBC BRIDGE "No Suitable Driver"

Question

I am trying to link the JAVA (VJ++) to MS ACCESS 2000. I am always getting the error: "No Suitable Driver"
I am sure I that I have set up the SYSTEM DSN and installed jdk1.2.2 correctly. I just can't understand why it insists on not working!!??
I have tryed everything I know, but I still cant get this problem sorted and I'm about to give up. Does the driver even work when trying to establish this kind of link???!!!
CODE:
public class AuditConnect
     private Connection Aconn;
     private String strUrl = "jdbc:odbc:CSDMATlink";
     private String user = "tiger";
     private String password = "tiger";
     private String Err;
     public AuditConnect()
          try
               try
                    Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");                                        
               catch(ClassNotFoundException ex)
                    Err = ex.getMessage();                    
               Aconn = DriverManager.getConnection(strUrl, user, password);
          catch(SQLException SQLErr)
               Err = SQLErr.getMessage();               
Help me please, I'm desperate!!!

Answer 1

A new version of the JDK was not necessary to fix the problem. In any event let's start with configuring your box correctly. The CLASSPATH environment variable is not necessary when using the core JDK classes (of which the JDBC-ODBC bridge classes are a part of). The CLASSPATH environment variable should only be used if you have third party class libraries you wish to add. I'm assuming that's not the case so I would recommend not coding the CLASSPATH variable. However if you have it already coded make sure to add the current directory (as denoted by a dot). For example:
SET CLASSPATH=.;c:\JDK1.4.1_03\jre\lib\rt.jar
Although the CLASSPATH is not necessary the PATH environment variable is crucial. You need to add the JDK's BIN directory to your current PATH statement. For example:
SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\JDK1.4.1_03\bin
The above should resolve the No suitable driver problem you've been encountering. Since JDK 1.2.x the JDK's CLASSPATH is resolved via the PATH setting.
Now as per my previous post you need to make sure that you really do have a well formed JDBC URL as that can also cause the No suitable driver problem.
I'm not familiar with Win98 so I don't know if you update the environment variables via the AUTOEXEC.BAT file or if you use the Control Panel ala WinNT. Check your documentation to ensure you're updating correctly. Good luck.