Tried it both ways - using the jar in the classes directory and using a 1.8.0.8 release from HSQLdb. It doesn't matter it does the same thing in both cases.
On 10/2/07, Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > > Having a problem here and the person I'm helping is having the same > > problem on all the machines at his office. > > > > Basically we are all on WinXP, all using OO.org 2.3 > > > > We can all use Base embedded databases, but cannot connect to a HSQLdb > > server using JDBC without first going into the Java settings under > > Options and adding the path to a hsqldb.jar explicitly to classpath. > > Great, but then non can open an embedded database, we all get a java > > null pointer exception. If we do not add the hslqdb.jar to the > > calsspath in Options then we get an error that the driver can't be > > found for the server, but can again open the embedded databases? > > > > At this point I am assuming it is some mistake with the way our > > machines are configured. I have played with setting the classpath as > > an environment variable, but with no luck. > > Do you add the hsqldb.jar from the program/classes directory, or another > version from elsewhere? > > In the latter case, I could imagine a versioning conflict, such a > scenario is hard up to impossible to support. > > In the first case (using the very same hsqldb.jar which is also used > internally for embedded HSQLDBs), it sounds like a bug. Do you, by > chance, get the stack of the NullPointerException displayed? > > Ciao > Frank > > -- > - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - > - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
