OK, I'm armed and ready to go with my JDBC drivers, and a freshly downloaded copy of the J2EE. I'm currently wading through the configuration section, which says this: <QUOTE> Driver Location You must copy the JDBC driver .jar files to the $J2EE_HOME/lib/system directory. Be sure to include the classpath to these .jar files in the J2EE_CLASSPATH environment variable. The J2EE_CLASSPATH Environment Variable The J2EE server uses a JDBC driver to access a database. It locates the driver's .jar files by referencing the J2EE_CLASSPATH environment variable. You can set this environment variable on the command line before you run the J2EE server. However, we recommend that you set J2EE_CLASSPATH in the user configuration script. Editing the user configuration script is a required step during the installation procedure. On UNIX the user configuration script is in bin/userconfig.sh, and on Windows NT it is in bin\userconfig.bat. Note: You should remove the driver .jar files from the CLASSPATH environment variable. </QUOTE> Now, my driver doesn't have a .jar file (I'm using the Oracle thin driver). Furthermore, is this little snippet telling me that I need *two* copies of this driver?! After all, it says that I must "copy the JDBC driver .jar files to the $J2EE_HOME/lib/system directory", and that I should "remove the driver .jar files from the CLASSPATH environment variable". This configuration stuff is harder than it has to be. I'm quite horribly confused by the purpose of this J2EE_CLASSPATH environment variable and where, exactly, I need to put my database drivers. What I'd *like* to do is leave them where they are currently and have the J2EE server simply recognize that fact. I thought that was one of the abstractions the whole notion of "classpath" was supposed to help you with. Any clarifications? Cheers, Laird =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
