Problem with thin driver connection from servlet

Question

i'm using a servlet and i'm trying to connect to Oracle using the syntax below. but i get an error.
DriverManager.registerDriver (new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:oracle:thin:@qit-uq-cbiw:1526:orcl", "scott", "tiger");
// @machineName:port:SID, userid, password
the error...
Class oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver not found.
DriverManager.registerDriver (new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
^
1 error
i guess the question is, what should be in place of
oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());

Answer 1

Here is what I use:
DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);Which would appear to be the same as what you use. So your syntax is probably OK. This driver exists in a file provided by Oracle as classes12.zip or classes12.jar. On a normal Oracle9i install on Windows this is located C:\oracle\ora90\jdbc\lib, where C: is your Oracle installation drive. I would check to be sure that your classpath points to this specific file (not just the directory).
Also, if you are using an OLD version of Oracle, this file could be named classes111.zip or classes111.jar.
Joel