RE: still confuse; no suitable driver

From: Peter Mount <petermount(at)it(dot)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk>
To: "'Joe Shevland'" <shevlandj(at)kpi(dot)com(dot)au>, Peter Mount <petermount(at)it(dot)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: still confuse; no suitable driver
Date: 2000-06-29 08:05:33
Message-ID: 1B3D5E532D18D311861A00600865478CF1AFCB@exchange1.nt.maidstone.gov.uk
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No, although that is also an alternative.

Basically, the other method is to call org.postgresql.Driver directly in the
same way that java.sql.DriverManager should do, to obtain a Connection.

Peter

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Peter Mount
Enterprise Support
Maidstone Borough Council
Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Shevland [mailto:shevlandj(at)kpi(dot)com(dot)au]
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 3:17 AM
To: Peter Mount; pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] still confuse; no suitable driver

Involving a DataSource and the JDBC standard extension?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)hub(dot)org
>[mailto:pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)hub(dot)org]On Behalf Of Peter Mount
>Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2000 1:14 AM
>To: 'Joe Shevland'; pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] still confuse; no suitable driver
>
>
>There is an alternative fix for IE that bypasses DriverManager completely
>(for some installations DriverManager doesn't work at all).
>
>--
>Peter Mount
>Enterprise Support
>Maidstone Borough Council
>Any views stated are my own, and not those of Maidstone Borough Council
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Shevland [mailto:shevlandj(at)kpi(dot)com(dot)au]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:06 PM
>To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: RE: [INTERFACES] still confuse; no suitable driver
>
>
>A few things to be aware of:
>
>i) you're attempting to make the connection from the applet
>(client browser)
>to your host database on 'graphium.xxx.ac.jp', which will throw a security
>exception unless you use signed applets because of the applet's security
>sandbox (appletviewer can be told to ignore these). Applets are generally
>only allowed to make socket connections back to the place they were served
>from.
>
>ii) IE has a buggy JVM which requires this workaround:
>
> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver").newInstance();
>
>to properly register the driver. I've never encountered this but I've heard
>it reported a bit, it may be a red herring.
>
>Regards,
>Joe
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)hub(dot)org
>>[mailto:pgsql-interfaces-owner(at)hub(dot)org]On Behalf Of radifan karami
>>Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2000 11:08 PM
>>To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>Subject: [INTERFACES] still confuse; no suitable driver
>>
>>
>>I'm sory if may question is covered in mailing-list
>>archive.
>>I found many same questions ( and solutions ) in that
>>archive about driver problem when running jdbc-applet
>>from browser.
>>
>>I use Linux, Postgresql 7 and Java 1.2.2.
>>
>>I'm new commer in Java, and try to make the first
>>jdbc-applet code following the tutorial in
>>java.sun.com.
>>
>>It's working perfectly by appletviewer.
>>
>>I put my applet code ( .class ) and postgresql.jar
>>file in the web server ( in my home page ), separate
>>from my database in may host.
>>For example my homepage is http://www.xxx.ac.jp/~radif
>>and my host name is graphium.xxx.ac.jp.
>>
>>There is an error "Javalang.ClassNotFoudException: No
>>suitable driver ", when I run applet from browser.
>>
>>I read many solutions in archive, but still not
>>understand. Please give a simple and clear solution.
>>
>>** The html code is :
>><HTML>
>><HEAD>
>><TITLE> Query Output </TITLE>
>></HEAD>
>><BODY>
>>Output from query
>>select NAME, PRICE from COFFEES
>><APPLET CODE="myapplet" ARCHIVE="postgresql.jar"
>>width=600 height=300>
>></APPLET>
>></BODY>
>></HTML>
>>
>>
>>** The applet code is :
>>import java.applet.Applet;
>>import java.awt.Graphics;
>>import java.util.Vector;
>>import java.sql.*;
>>
>>public class myapplet extends Applet implements
>>Runnable {
>> private Thread worker;
>> private Vector queryResults;
>> private String message = "Initializing";
>>
>> public synchronized void start() {
>> // Every time "start" is called we create a worker
>>thread to
>> // re-evaluate the database query.
>> if (worker == null) {
>> message = "Connecting to database";
>> worker = new Thread(this);
>> worker.start();
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> * The "run" method is called from the worker
>>thread. Notice that
>> * because this method is doing potentially slow
>>databases accesses
>> * we avoid making it a synchronized method.
>> */
>>
>> public void run() {
>> String url =
>>"jdbc:postgresql://graphium.xxx.ac.jp/coffeebreak";
>> String query = "select COF_NAME, PRICE from COFFEES";
>>
>> try {
>> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
>> } catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException ex) {
>> setError("Masalah pada driver: " + ex);
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> try {
>> Vector results = new Vector();
>> Connection con =
>>DriverManager.getConnection(url,"my", "");
>> Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
>> ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
>> while (rs.next()) {
>> String s = rs.getString("COF_NAME");
>> float f = rs.getFloat("PRICE");
>> String text = s + " " + f;
>> results.addElement(text);
>> }
>>
>> stmt.close();
>> con.close();
>>
>> setResults(results);
>>
>> } catch(SQLException ex) {
>> setError("SQLException: " + ex);
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> * The "paint" method is called by AWT when it
>>wants us to
>> * display our current state on the screen.
>> */
>>
>> public synchronized void paint(Graphics g) {
>> // If there are no results available, display the
>>current message.
>> if (queryResults == null) {
>> g.drawString(message, 5, 50);
>> return;
>> }
>>
>> // Display the results.
>> g.drawString("Prices of coffee per pound: ", 5, 10);
>> int y = 30;
>> java.util.Enumeration enum = queryResults.elements();
>> while (enum.hasMoreElements()) {
>> String text = (String)enum.nextElement();
>> g.drawString(text, 5, y);
>> y = y + 15;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> * This private method is used to record an error
>>message for
>> * later display.
>> */
>>
>> private synchronized void setError(String mess) {
>> queryResults = null;
>> message = mess;
>> worker = null;
>> // And ask AWT to repaint this applet.
>> repaint();
>> }
>>
>> /**
>> * This private method is used to record the
>>results of a query, for
>> * later display.
>> */
>>
>> private synchronized void setResults(Vector
>>results) {
>> queryResults = results;
>> worker = null;
>> // And ask AWT to repaint this applet.
>> repaint();
>> }
>>}
>>
>>
>>Thank you & regard,
>>
>>-Radifan-
>>
>>
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