Hi Rick and others Have moved on slightly but still cannot get the Derby example java program to fire............
The messages I get are as follows:- 2013-09-27 03:48:15 DerbyApp finished 2013-09-27 03:48:15 Message: No suitable driver found for jdbc:derby:C:/Databases/test_dBase;create=true 2013-09-27 03:48:15 Error Code: 0 2013-09-27 03:48:15 SQL State: 08001 2013-09-27 03:48:15 ----- SQLException ----- 2013-09-27 03:48:15 Please check your CLASSPATH. 2013-09-27 03:48:15 Unable to load the JDBC driver org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver 2013-09-27 03:48:15 DerbyApp starting in embedded mode Windows 7 operating system PATH variable includes the following................ C:\Apache\db-derby-10.10.1.1-bin\lib\derby.jar C:\Apache\db-derby-10.10.1.1-bin\lib\derbytools.jar C:\Apache\db-derby-10.10.1.1-bin\lib\derbyclient.jar Help !!! -- View this message in context: http://apache-database.10148.n7.nabble.com/beginner-s-question-tp134127p134232.html Sent from the Apache Derby Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.