Strange, I wouldn't think so, but then I haven't used a raw servlet for so
long I have no idea.
Dave Cramer
da...@postgresintl.com
www.postgresintl.com
On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 at 13:29, Rob Sargent <robjsarg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using java 1.8, postgresql-42.1.4.jar, embedded tomcat 9
>
> It appears to me that I need to make the call
> "Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver)" when the entry is in a servlet. Is
> this expected, within a servlet, or is this just *post hoc ergo propter
> hoc *at it finest and I changed something else (wittingly or not). Same
> code outside of servlet does not need the forced loading of the class and
> the manual claims it's not need after java 1.6
>
