Re: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver

From: "Mads N(dot) Vestergaard" <mnv(at)timmy(dot)dk>
To: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
Date: 2006-04-28 09:11:49
Message-ID: 4451DC55.70409@timmy.dk
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Hi,

Well it gives me a lot of debug information. http://timmy.dk/debug.txt .

I ran:

hostname:~$ java -verbose -cp /usr/share/java/pg74.216.jdbc3.jar -jar
program.jar

Dave Cramer wrote:
> Mads,
>
> And how do you execute the program ? One thing that can help is to run
> java -verbose to see what it is doing.
>
> Dave
> On 27-Apr-06, at 9:46 AM, Mads N. Vestergaard wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,
>> My Classpath is:
>> hostname:~$ echo $CLASSPATH
>> /usr/share/java/pg74.216.jdbc3.jar
>>
>> And the file exists:
>> hostname:~$ ls -la /usr/share/java/pg74.216.jdbc3.jar
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 210371 2006-04-27 09:52 /usr/share/java/pg74.216.jdbc3.jar
>>
>>
>> Dave Cramer wrote:
>>> Mads,
>>>
>>> What is your classpath.
>>>
>>> inevitably this is the problem.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> On 27-Apr-06, at 9:31 AM, Mads N. Vestergaard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, it gives me:
>>>>
>>>> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver
>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>>>> at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
>>>> at Database.<init>(Database.java:16)
>>>> at Gateway.main(Gateway.java:19)
>>>>
>>>> But I think you're right... But my problem is, that if I try to run
>>>> it with the classpath flag, and also the classpath environment
>>>> vartiable, it fails.
>>>> The path is correct.
>>>>
>>>> I believe that I have overseen something, but I have looked over
>>>> the setup a dusin of times now, and I can't spot it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dave Cramer wrote:
>>>>> 5 will get you 10 that your class path isn't setup correctly. Try
>>>>> adding ex.printStackTrace() to the catch handler for Class.forName
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> On 27-Apr-06, at 8:19 AM, Mads N. Vestergaard wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Everybody, when I try to run my program, I get the following error message:
>>>>>> java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
>>>>>> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at Database.(Database.java:20)
>>>>>> at Gateway.main(Gateway.java:19)
>>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
>>>>>> at Database.SQLget(Database.java:71)
>>>>>> at Gateway.main(Gateway.java:33)
>>>>>> My connect code is:
>>>>>> try {
>>>>>> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
>>>>>> }catch (ClassNotFoundException e){
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> try {
>>>>>> db = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://hostname/" + dbName,"bruger","kode");
>>>>>> } catch (SQLException e) {
>>>>>> e.printStackTrace();
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> On my system I have putted the jdbc driver for postgres into the classpath:
>>>>>> hostname:~$ echo $CLASSPATH
>>>>>> /usr/share/java/pg74.216.jdbc3.jar
>>>>>> Java version:
>>>>>> hostname:~$ java -version
>>>>>> java version "1.5.0_06"
>>>>>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-b05)
>>>>>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-b05, mixed mode, sharing)
>>>>>> As far as I know it should work since, it is correct in the classpath. I have also tried with other postgres jdbc drivers. In my IDE(Eclipse), it works fine, but on my production server it gives the error.
>>>>>> I've also tried to run the program with the -classpath flag, with the same result.
>>>>>> Have I simply forgotten something, or is there something seriously wrong?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

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