Unable to load jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.

Question

Hi all,
The following lines of codes produced error message: "Unable to load class jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver":
import java.sql.*;
try {
   Class.forName("jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
   Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("DatabaseName", "user", "password");
   PreparedStatement getRecord = connection.prepareStatement("select * from TableName where empNo = ?");
   getRecord.setString(1, empNoValue); // empNoValue is just a string value.
   ResultSet result = getRecord.executeQuery();
   while(result.next()) {
catch(Exception ex) {
   System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}**I thought it had to do with the configuration of my ODBC Data Source but not sure.
Please help!!!
Thanks in advance,
Tom

Answer 1

Yes, you must make a reference to the database in you
windows DNS odbc panel (settings - controlpanel -
odbc32bit....). Also, access doesn't require a user
and password... unless you made your database this
way. You can just leave those strings as "". Do you
have the J2EE extensions?(1) I did make a reference to the database
(2) I set up a user and password for this db though.
(3) What do you mean "J2EE" extension? (I guess the answer is No)
** Is the problem due to User DNS instead of System DNS. I don't have access to the System DNS. However, this is less likely the case because I've done this before (and on the same system.)