From: Christian Denning <ChristianDenning@netscape.net>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org.pgsql-bugs
Subject: Re: Linux/Postgres 6.5 problems using jdbc w/jdk1.2
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 14:08:28 +0100
Message-ID: <37CE76CC.C341A8EE@netscape.net> (raw)
References: <Zxnw3.4613$Pv4.2562@news.rdc1.mi.home.com>
Your database url is wrong. A postgres database needs the following URL:
jdbc:postgresql://theComputerName/thePostgresDatabaseName
if you omit something, you get your NullPointerException
Christian
EA wrote:
>
> Here are the errors I get while running the example classes provided by
> Postgres:
>
> 1. Without Debug
> <---------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL basic test v6.3 rev 1
>
> Connecting to Database URL = jdbc:postgresql:db1
> Exception caught.
> Something unusual has occured to cause the driver to fail. Please report
> this exception: {1}
> Something unusual has occured to cause the driver to fail. Please report
> this exception: {1}
> at postgresql.Driver.connect(Compiled Code)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Compiled Code)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Compiled Code)
> at example.basic.<init>(Compiled Code)
> at example.basic.main(Compiled Code)
> <-----------------------------------------------------
> 2. With Debug
> <---------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL basic test v6.3 rev 1
>
> DriverManager.initialize: jdbc.drivers = null
> JDBC DriverManager initialized
> registerDriver:
> driver[className=postgresql.Driver,postgresql.Driver@a574f633]
> Connecting to Database URL = jdbc:postgresql:web
> DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:db1")
> trying driver[className=postgresql.Driver,postgresql.Driver@a574f633]
> -- listing properties --
> password=start123
> user=db1
> PGDBNAME=db1
> Protocol=postgresql
> Using postgresql.jdbc2.Connection
> Exception caught.
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> java.lang.NullPointerException
> at java.io.Writer.write(Compiled Code)
> at java.io.PrintStream.write(Compiled Code)
> at java.io.PrintStream.print(Compiled Code)
> at java.io.PrintStream.println(Compiled Code)
> at java.lang.Throwable.printStackTrace(Compiled Code)
> at java.sql.SQLException.<init>(Compiled Code)
> at postgresql.util.PSQLException.<init>(Compiled Code)
> at postgresql.Driver.connect(Compiled Code)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Compiled Code)
> at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Compiled Code)
> at example.basic.<init>(Compiled Code)
> at example.basic.main(Compiled Code)
>
> <-----------------------------------------------------
>
> Anyone recognize these errors.
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