Pointbase ClassNotfound Error (URGENT)

Question

Hi all,
I have encountered error when connect my jdbc, the error as below:
(even i have set the path and sucessfully run in startconcole)
ERROR MESSAGE
---Preloaded drivers---
No drivers listed as jdbc.drivers property.
No drivers listed as being loaded.
---Loading driver---
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver
No drivers listed as being loaded.
---Making connection---
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
Connection failed.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at ShowConnect.main(ShowConnect.java:33)
CODE
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
public class ShowConnect {
private static final String DRIVER_CLASS_NAME =
"com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver";
private static final String DATABASE_URL =
"jdbc:pointbase:server://localhost:9092/sun-appserv-samples";
private static final String USERNAME = "PBPUBLIC";
private static final String PASSWORD = "PBPUBLIC";
public static void main(String arg[]) {
ShowConnect showcon = new ShowConnect();
System.out.println(" ---Preloaded drivers---");
showcon.listPropertyDrivers();
showcon.listLoadedDrivers();
System.out.println(" ---Loading driver---");
showcon.loadDriver(DRIVER_CLASS_NAME);
showcon.listLoadedDrivers();
System.out.println(" ---Making connection---");
Connection connection = showcon.getConnection(
DATABASE_URL,USERNAME,PASSWORD);
showcon.showConnection(connection);
try {
connection.close();
} catch(SQLException e) {
System.out.println(e);
public void listPropertyDrivers() {
Properties properties = System.getProperties();
String str = properties.getProperty("jdbc.drivers");
if(str == null)
System.out.println("No drivers listed as jdbc.drivers property.");
else
System.out.println("Property jdbc.drivers: " + str);
public void listLoadedDrivers() {
Enumeration enumeration = DriverManager.getDrivers();
if(enumeration.hasMoreElements())
System.out.println("The drivers listed as being loaded:");
else
System.out.println("No drivers listed as being loaded.");
while(enumeration.hasMoreElements())
System.out.println(" " + enumeration.nextElement());
public void loadDriver(String driver) {
try {
Class.forName(driver);
} catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println(e);
public Connection getConnection(String url,String user,String password) {
try {
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
url,user,password);
return(connection);
} catch(SQLException e) {
System.out.println(e);
return(null);
public void showConnection(Connection connection) {
if(connection == null) {
System.out.println("Connection failed.");
return;
System.out.println(connection);
try {
DatabaseMetaData meta = connection.getMetaData();
System.out.println(" Database product name: " +
meta.getDatabaseProductName());
System.out.println(" Database product version: " +
meta.getDatabaseProductVersion());
System.out.println(" Driver name: " +
meta.getDriverName());
System.out.println(" Driver version: " +
meta.getDriverVersion());
} catch(SQLException e) {
System.out.println(e);
}

Answer 1

I have set the path as below:
I have no idea what wrong with the path, please advice...thanks
set CLASSPATH=.;c:\Sun\AppServer\pointbase\lib\pbclient.jar;c:\Sun\AppServer\lib\j2ee.jar
this my path:
PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System;C:\j2sdk1.4.2_09\bin;;c:\Sun\AppServer\pointbase\lib\pbclient.jar;c:\Sun\AppServer\lib\j2ee.jar;C:\Sun\AppServer\bin;C:\Program Files\SSH;c:\Sun\AppServer\pointbase\lib\pbclient.jar;c:\Sun\AppServer\lib\j2ee.jar; Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell