JDBC/Oracle/ClassPath

Question

I am having a hair tearing moment.
Trying to write code to connect to our local database using the oracle JDBC driver. I am getting an exception thrown (Class Not found) from my code:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
I have tried several ways I found by searching the web including adding my class path which is now set to:
C:\oracle\ora92\jdbc\lib\ojdbc14.jar
I have moved the ojdbc.jar file to [java]\lib\ext AND the source directory.
Also at the command prompt
C:> java oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
returns:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main
which tells me I have somehow gotten java at the command prompt to find the driver, but my IDE (Netbeans 6.8) is not. (I even added oracle and the classpath as arugments in netbeans).
What am I missing here? (I am new to java and only an intermediate programmer)
Original code snippet:
import java.io.*; import java.sql.*; //non relevant swing code cut for clarity try {     // Load the JDBC driver     Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");       // Create a connection to the database } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {       messageOut.setText("Driver not found"+e);
Edited by: BobFromTx on Aug 6, 2010 9:42 AM

Answer 1

Since you are using Netbeans the environment variable CLASSPATH is not used. You should add any library jars to
Project (right mouse click on the project) -> Properties -> Libraries