Re: Will Oracle 9i let me connect using jdbc right "out of the box"

Simon,

There are about 10 different places where things can go wrong, from instance is not running to small typo in code.

Most default installations must work outofbox, "but" there are always some "but"s...

Just post what you did and what error messages you are getting. In general, abstract questions cause abstract answers...

AlexV.

"Simon Harvey" <noThanks_at_pdf.com> wrote in message news:3d54dcbc_5_at_news.teranews.com...
> Hi there,
>
> I'm having some problems connecting to oracle from my java program. I have
a
> really simple question that would eliminate a whole line of other
questions
> for me in one go:
>
> I've downloaded oralce 9i from the oracle site. I've installed it as the
> personal edition. I can get third party software such as toad to connect
to
> it straight away. Should I be able to get my java program to connect
without
> installing anyting else?
>
> Maybe i need to elaborate on that last bit a tiny bit more. The only way I
> know how to connect to a database is by (I'm using windows) going to the
> control panel, starting the odbc DSN utility and making a new DSN. I can
see
> that there is definately a driver and I can set up a dsn from there. But
it
> doesnt work.
>
> So, without getting into error messages at runtime and what not - should
> this in theory, work. I don't need to install anything else?
>
> Many thanks to you all
>
> Simon
>
>
Received on Sun Aug 11 2002 - 00:01:43 CDT