SQL Server 2000 connectivity probs

Question

hi frnds
i wanna do the database connectivity with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and for this i got the driver from the site of Microsoft ,named Microsoft SQL Server 2000 JDBC Driver .
But on testing this driver i am getting the following errors which shows the compiler isnt getting the driver class for connectivity..please do guide me about this...what can be the possible solution.
Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC]Error establishing socket.
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.createException(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.getException(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseExceptions.getException(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.tds.TDSConnection.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerImplConnection.open(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseConnection.getNewImplConnection(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseConnection.open(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.jdbc.base.BaseDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
at Main.main(Main.java:21)
please reply ASAP
thanks n regards
Melinda

Answer 1

no i am not calling the createStatement.
this is the code i am using to test the driver
import java.sql.*;
* Microsoft SQL Server JDBC test program
public class Main {
public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
// Get connection
//DriverManager.registerDriver(new
// com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver());
Driver d = (Driver)Class.forName("com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver").newInstance();
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://local:1433","sa","sa");
if (connection != null) {
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Successfully connected");
System.out.println();
// Meta data
DatabaseMetaData meta = connection.getMetaData();
System.out.println("\nDriver Information");
System.out.println("Driver Name: "
+ meta.getDriverName());
System.out.println("Driver Version: "
+ meta.getDriverVersion());
System.out.println("\nDatabase Information ");
System.out.println("Database Name: "
+ meta.getDatabaseProductName());
System.out.println("Database Version: "+
meta.getDatabaseProductVersion());
n this is the error that i m getting now
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.microsoft.jdbc.
sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:199)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at Main.main(Main.java:18)