Re: JDBC for Oracle on AIX 4.2 ?

From: Kim Do-Hyung <dynaxis_at_ivory.kaist.ac.kr>
Date: 1997/12/31
Message-ID: <68ca3h$8fa$2@usenet.kreonet.re.kr>#1/1

In comp.lang.java.advocacy Kim Do-Hyung <dynaxis_at_ivory.kaist.ac.kr> wrote:

: on my RS/6000 AIX 4.2 machine except that I should call
: DriverManager.registerDriver() explicitly.

Oops... The cause of the problem was not Driver.registerDriver() but a feature of JDK 1.1.2 on my AIX machine. Make a Class.newInstance() call or equivalent and will suffice. It seems that until a new instance is created, the static initializer(static { }) for the driver class won't called.

: Hope this helps.
Received on Wed Dec 31 1997 - 00:00:00 CST