I think your url String should be
"jdbc:postgresql:testing"
and your Class.forName should be either
"org.postgresql.Driver" or "postgresql.Driver"
John L.
Quoting Bart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I installed debian 2.2r2 with _all_ the postgres-packages, I created a
> database and via psql I can do whatever I want with the DB. Now I'm
> trying to make a connection via a Java-program. I downloaded the
> jdbc-6.5-1.2.jar file and renamed it to jdbc.jar and moved it to
> ~/jdk1.3/lib, set the CLASSPATH to ~/jdk1.3/lib and used a program,
> found in the Deitel&Deitel Java book.
> After that, I tried to make a connection to the database I created
> (testing) and I keep getting error-messages.
>
> Can someone help me with this? I'm trying for 3 days now and still no
> luck.
>
> Thanks,
> Bart
>
>
> --- program from Deitel & Deitel ---
>
> import java.sql.*;
> import javax.swing.*;
> import java.awt.*;
> import java.awt.event.*;
> import java.util.*;
>
> public class TableDisplay extends JFrame
> {
> private Connection connection;
> private JTable table;
>
> public TableDisplay()
> {
> String url = "jdbc:odbc:testing"; // I also tried with <String url =
> "jdbc:postgres:testing";>
> String username = "postgres";
> String password = "notentered";
>
>
> try
> {
> Class.forName("jdbc.Driver");
> connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username,
>password);
> }
> catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfex)
> {
> System.err.println("Failed to load the JDBC/ODBC driver.");
> cnfex.printStackTrace();
> System.exit(1);
> }
> catch (SQLException sqlex)
> {
> System.err.println("Unable to connect to database.");
> sqlex.printStackTrace();
> }
> . . . . . . . . .
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