Jdbc:odbc driver connection issues

Question

I need to use the jdbc:odbc driver to access a non-oracle db from a jsp. I am sure my dsn is fine as I can use a non JSP java app to connect to the odbc db. I have loaded the sun.jdbc.odbc classes in the schema I am working in as it is not loaded by default in 9.2.0.7 currently I am on a windows system. I have found the following:
public static void doTest()throws Exception{
// load the local Oracle Driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
connLocalOracle = new OracleDriver().defaultConnection();
// load the odbc driver
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
if I exit at this point the jsp does not through an exception
however if I include the line:
connODBC = DriverManager.getConnection(odbcURL,"XX","XX");
I get the error:
SQL> execute do_jdbc_odbc_test;
BEGIN do_jdbc_odbc_test; END;
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-29532: Java call terminated by uncaught Java exception:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.allocConnect
ORA-06512: at "TU1.DO_JDBC_ODBC_TEST", line 0
ORA-06512: at line 1
So I am assuming I am loading the driver but the driver is not talking to the odbc configuration in windows.
What permissions would I need to give to the user to allow this connection to occur?
How can I find out if this is indeed the case?
If not how can I make this connection happen using ODBC?

Answer 1

If by jsp you mean Java Stored Procedure, the hybrid JDbc-ODBC stack won't work. You can connect to non-Oracle RDBMS from within Java in the database by using a pure Java JDBC driver of the target RDBM. Fwiw, a complete example connecting to SQl Server from with JavaDB is described in my upcoming book. (See http://db360.blogspot.com/)
Kuassi