Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

Folks,

I am having a problem connecting to my MSDE SQL 2000 DB on a WindowsXP pro. environment. I am learning Java and writing a small test prgm to connect the the database. The code compiles ok, but when I try to execute it i keep getting this error:

"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Test1"

I am using the Microsoft jdbc driver and my CLASSPATH is setup correctly, I've also noticed that several people have complained about this error, but have not seen any solutions....can someone help ?

Here is the one of the test programs that I am using:

import java.sql.*;
/**
* Microsoft SQL Server JDBC test program
*/
public class Test1 {
public Test1() throws Exception {
// Get connection
DriverManager.registerDriver(new
com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver());
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://LAPTOP01:1433","sa","sqladmin");
if (connection != null) {
System.out.println();
System.out.println("Successfully connected");
System.out.println();
// Meta data
DatabaseMetaData meta = connection.getMetaData();
System.out.println("\nDriver Information");
System.out.println("Driver Name: "
+ meta.getDriverName());
System.out.println("Driver Version: "
+ meta.getDriverVersion());
System.out.println("\nDatabase Information ");
System.out.println("Database Name: "
+ meta.getDatabaseProductName());
System.out.println("Database Version: "+
meta.getDatabaseProductVersion());
}
} // Test
public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
Test1 test = new Test1();
}
}