Setting the CLASSPATH for the derby.jdbc embedded class

Question

I am new to Java and am trying to connect a simple (hello world simple) terminal app to a javadb embedded database - I am using the classFor to load the jdbc - but when I run my app I get an error saying the class can't be found. I think I just need to add the jdbc to my classpath. I've tried using
export CLASSPATH=...
but I still get the same error.

Answer 1

Thank you SO much for your response! I have tried the following (this is where I found the derby.jar):
javac -cp /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.07/db/lib/derby.jar test.java
But I am still getting the same error:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
Here is my code - so far it doesn't really do anything, I just want to get it connected, then I'll start adding some simple db code and go from there:
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
class HelloDave
    public static void main(String[] args)
        try
            Class.forName("org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver");
        catch (Exception e)
            e.printStackTrace();
        System.out.println("Hello, Dave");
}