RE: ClassNotFoundException onClass.forName("com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver"); -- JAVA400-L

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Subject: RE: ClassNotFoundException onClass.forName("com.ibm.as400.access.AS400JDBCDriver");
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:30:39 -0600
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> From: David Gibbs
> 
> Your classpath needs to include the actual JAR that the JT400 classes
> live in.  Including the JT400.JAR in the application JAR does not work
> (as far as I know).

David is correct.  There is no such thing as a "nested" JAR file, and
the classpath must specifically point to the JAR file, not the directory
the JAR file is in.  Think of a JAR file as just another directory that
needs to be included in the classpath.

Joe

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