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.

It can be put anywhere, not just ~/jdk1.3/lib...

> 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.

[snip]
>               String url = "jdbc:odbc:testing";   // I also tried with 
<String url =
> "jdbc:postgres:testing";>

"jdbc:postgresql:testing"

>               String username = "postgres";
>               String password = "notentered";
>                       Class.forName("jdbc.Driver");

Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");

Peter

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PostgreSQL JDBC Driver: http://www.retep.org.uk/postgres/
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