RE: registerDriver not found

["David Morris" <David.Morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In addition to the Faq that Gary posted, there are some other
possibilities.
Dieter mentioned using Class.forName, which in general will try the
system, ext,
and then user tree of class loaders starting at the root, exception
being ext
classes loading classes.  You can also use the Class.forName class
loader
and specify you class loader. Finally, you can use the thread class
loader.
Here is an example of that route, which is what I recommend you
consider
especially if you are using Tomcat:

DriverManager.registerDriver((Driver)
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass("com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver").newInstance());

David Morris

>>> garyp@firstech.com 11/20/02 06:20PM >>>
This is most likely a classloader/classpath problem.  On what platform
is your java code running?  What version of the JDK are you using?
What
servlet engine are you using?  Where is ServletClasses.java deployed?
Where is JTOpen installed?

If you're running on the iSeries, be sure to follow the classpath
instructions for your release of OS/400:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/toolbox/faq.htm#faqT

HTH,
Gary

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> Hi all,
>
> No one answered this question the last time I asked, so I
> thought I'd ask again. I am getting an error when trying to
> run a java servlet. It's telling me that the registerDriver
> method isn't in the DriverManager class, however, when I look
> at the javadocs it shows registerDriver as a method within
> the class. Am I doing something wrong? BTW, I downloaded
> JTOPEN from the website. That's what I'm using. If anyone
> could straighten me out I'd appreciate it. Here's my error message:
>
> "ServletClasses.java": Error #: 300 : method
> registerDriver(com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver) not
> found in class java.sql.DriverManager at line 18, column 27
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris Proctor