Hi all, I've noticed quite a few postings lately about connecting to the jdbc driver. They all seem to mention having the CLASSPATH environment variable set correctly. In a lot of cases setting CLASSPATH is unnecessary. Java 1.2 introduced a feature called the Extension Mechanism which basically allows you to make a package accessible by placing its .jar file in a special Java runtime directory. All you need to do is copy (or link) your postgresql.jar (or your particular version of it) to the path_to_jre/lib/ext directory; path_to_jre on my Java installation is /usr/java/jdk1.3/jre . To quote Sun's documentation : > Any set of packages or classes can easily be made to play the role > of an extension. The first step in turning a set of classes into > an extension is to bundle them in a JAR file. Once that's done, you > can turn the software into an extension in two ways: > > * by placing the JAR file in a special location in the directory > structure of the Java Runtime Environment, in which case it's > called an installed extension. > * by referencing the JAR file in a specified way from the manifest > of the another JAR file, in which case it's called a download > extension. Check out Sun's Java Tutorial page at : http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ext/index.html or their documentation at http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/extensions/ Have Fun, John L. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
