From: llestat <llestat@ibm.net>
Reply-To: llestat@ibm.net
To: Jeffrey Napolitano <jnapoli@setech.com>
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] JDBC and DriverManager
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 15:05:44 -0400
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Go ahead and pass it a user name and password I had a similar problem where all
JDBC programs would refuse to connect even though the Database was not password
protected just use yur admin name and anything for the password.

- Richard


On Thu, 02 Jul 1998, Jeffrey Napolitano wrote:
>Okay...the below code compiles fine, but when it runs, it throws the
>SQLException at the DriverManager line (as you can see, everything below
>is commented out).  There is indeed a datasource "bugs", and PostgreSQL
>is running on the local machine.  There is no password needed to access
>the database, and I can access "bugs" interactively with psql.  Am I not
>importing a package...?
>
>I need help...am lost to why it throws the SQLException.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>import java.util.*;
>import java.io.*;
>import java.sql.*;
>
>public class HopeSprings {
>        public static void main(String[] args) {
>                String url = "jdbc:postgresql:bugs";
>                Connection con;
>                String createString;
>                createString = "create table STUFF " + "(NAME
>varchar(30), " + "IDNUMBER int)";
>                Statement stmt;
>
>                try {
>                        Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");
>                }
>                catch(ClassNotFoundException except) {
>                        System.out.println("ClassNotFound: didn't
>work");
>                }
>
>                try {
>                        con = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
>                        //stmt = con.createStatement();
>                        //stmt.executeUpdate(createString);
>                        //stmt.close();
>                        //con.close();
>                }
>                catch(SQLException sqlexcept) {
>                        System.out.println("The SQL Exception was
>thrown");
>                }
>        } //End of main in JDBC_Connection class
>} //End of JDBC_Connection class bracket