Re: ClassNotFoundException with JDBC

>>On JDBC dbping tab is written "This Utility assumes >>that you have a JDBC >>driver installed and a CLASSPATH set before running >>DBPING" >>a) What do they mean by having a JDBC driver >>installed? Isn't this driver >>installed when I installed Informix-SDK? If not, how >>can I get it? No. The driver isn't included in the CSDK. You'll have to get it from IBM and install it. >>b) Do I have to do something like I did to the ODBC >>driver (by creating and >>configuring a >>DSN)? Where and how? No... the URL should have all the information needed. >>c) I know CLASSPATH system variable isn't set. >>Should I set it in my system? Yes. >>By what value? By a path within Informix-SDK >>folders? Should CLASSPATH be By a paht which includes de folder where you installed the JDBC driver. The documentation of the JDBC driver includes information about this. Now... for the URL where you can get the JDBC driver... Let me search.... ;) ... well I can't get it... I keep getting proxy errors. But go to : http://ibm.com/software/data/informix and search for "informix jdbc driver download" >>Thanks in advance, >>Jorge Cecilio Regards/Cumprimentos. Espero que resolva :) Fernando Nunes