I believe you want
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin@<hostname>:<port>:SID","<login>","<password>");
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----From: Kenia NimeshSent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 5:47 AMSubject: Everything perfect - but class not foundI have installed the thin oracle driver on my systemI have also mentioned the classpath as followsset classpath=c:\jdbc\classes111.zip;c:\jdbcset path=c:\jdbc;Here's the codeClass.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:<hostname>:<port>","<login>","<password>");My classes111.zip is in jdbc directoryI am getting the "Class not found Exception"Please Help me.Nimesh