Re: Installation of ORACLE driver (and plugin)

On 3/26/07, Frank Reifenstahl <f.reifenstahl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> it seems SquirrelSQL is my long time longed for DB tool...
> >>
> >> Installation worked out trouble-free. Then I copied ORACLEs ojdbc14.jar
> >> to /usr/local/bin/SquirrelSQL/lib, it appears as it should in "Java
> >> Class Path". But pressing the button doesn't display any drivers. Any
> >> idea?
> >
> > You mean pressing the "List Drivers" button doesn't display any
> > drivers in the Class Name drop-down?
>
> That's what I mean...
>
> > If so, instead of placing it in
> > the lib directory, you link directly to it using the
> > "Add" button on the "Extra Class Path" tab.
>
> I have tried this twice, at first with the JAR located in
> /usr/local/bin/SquirrelSQL/lib and then putting it into my home dir, two
> misses... :/
>

Ok, then could you check your squirrel-sql.log file for errors?  What
this condition seems to indicate is that the ojdbc14.jar file doesn't
contain any classes that implement the java.sql.Driver interface.  If
there are exceptions during the search for Driver implementations you
should get an INFO message in the log stating such.

Rob

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