Re: I can't connect

From: Peter T Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Bart <bart(at)alator(dot)kotnet(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: I can't connect
Date: 2001-03-22 14:49:28
Message-ID: 985272568.3aba10f815949@webmail.retep.org.uk
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Quoting Bart <bart(at)alator(dot)kotnet(dot)org>:

> Hi,
>
> I installed debian 2.2r2 with _all_ the postgres-packages, I created a
> database and via psql I can do whatever I want with the DB. Now I'm
> trying to make a connection via a Java-program. I downloaded the
> jdbc-6.5-1.2.jar file and renamed it to jdbc.jar and moved it to
> ~/jdk1.3/lib, set the CLASSPATH to ~/jdk1.3/lib and used a program,
> found in the Deitel&Deitel Java book.

It can be put anywhere, not just ~/jdk1.3/lib...

> After that, I tried to make a connection to the database I created
> (testing) and I keep getting error-messages.
>
> Can someone help me with this? I'm trying for 3 days now and still no
> luck.

[snip]
> String url = "jdbc:odbc:testing"; // I also tried with
<String url =
> "jdbc:postgres:testing";>

"jdbc:postgresql:testing"

> String username = "postgres";
> String password = "notentered";
> Class.forName("jdbc.Driver");

Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");

Peter

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