Re: forName finds Driver but getConnection doesn't

Thanks Fernando. Please note that I did NOT install GCJ. It was
either included with the 8.0 distribution or included with a Jakarta
package.

--- Fernando Nasser <fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com> wrote:
> Denis,
>
> Your session is set up with the GNU gcj as the compiler/jvm.
> If you try 'which java" you will probably get /usr/bin/java,
> which is _not_ the SDK/JRE one.
>
> You must set your JDBC_HOME env variable, maybe your CLASSPATH if
> you do
> not copy your driver there, but if you have installed the GNU gcj
> program you must also make sure the SKD (or JRE) bin dir is earlier
> in
> your path so that 'which java" points to the right thing.
>
> I use RHDB (many versions) and the JDBC driver with all variants of
> JREs
> every day, in machines with several different versions of the RHL
> OS,
> without any problems so far.
>
> Best regards,
> Fernando
>
> Dennis King wrote:
>
> > java.sql.SQLException.SQLException(java.lang.String,
> > java.lang.String, int) (/usr/lib/libgcj.so.3)
>
> ^^^^^ (GNU gcj being used)
>
> --
> Fernando Nasser
> Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser(at)redhat(dot)com
> 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300
> Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9
>

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