RE: JDBC no suitable driver

I've tried various combinations and either it doesn't find the class or I
get the no suitable driver message. Here is the source and how I'm
compiling/running. As I am new at this, there is probably something I'm
missing. When I use the for.name as in Class.forName(AS400JDBCDriver), i get
the message: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: AS400JDBCDriver.

I am trying to run this in QSHELL accessing the same AS400.
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import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*;

public class TestAS400 {

  public static void main (String[] arg) {
  Connection conn = null;
    try {
      String JDBCDriver ="AS400JDBCDriver";
      String url ="jdbc:as400:sysname";
      String user ="user";
      String password="password";

      conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,user,password);
      System.out.println("Connected?");

      }
    catch (Exception e) {
      if (e instanceof SQLException)
         System.out.println(((SQLException)e).getSQLState());
      System.out.println(e);
    }
    finally {
      try { conn.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
      }
  }
}
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To compile and run, I used QSHELL, enter commands below:

javac TestAS400.java
$
java TestAS400 -Djdbc.drivers=com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver
08001
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
$
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-java400-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-java400-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Fred Kulack
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:58 PM
To: JAVA400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: JDBC no suitable driver



Actually, using DriverManager.registerDriver(new
com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver()); is perfectly reasonable.
Class.forName() is generally better simply because the JDBC driver doesn't
have to be in your classpath to compile.
In either case, since you're not getting a ClassNotFound exception, you've
got your classpath set correctly.
You have the URL wrong? Toolbox uses jdbc:as400:systemname as the URL.


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