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SQL 2000 and JDBC cannot find driver problem

843854Mar 18 2005 — edited May 22 2005
I'm new to Java and have been browsing all day to figure out my problem but no luck. Hope someone here can help me.

Here are my settings:
Windows XP Pro SP2, SQL Server 2000 SP3, J2 SDK 1.4.2, Netbeans 4.0 (hope that's enough)

This is the code I found on one of the threads to test the connection:
import java.sql.*;
/**
* Microsoft SQL Server JDBC test program
*/
public class Test {
public Test() throws Exception {
// Get connection
DriverManager.registerDriver(new
com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver());
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://sqlserver:1433","sa","password");
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 {
Test test = new Test();
}
}
I keep getting the error - package com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver does not exist. I downloaded and installed it (version 2.2 if i remember correctly). I checked the path in the command prompt and it includes the all 3 jar files (ie C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC\lib\mssqlserver.jar).

I've seen threads and tutorials that say I have set the CLASSPATH and I did by entering SET CLASSPATH=.;PATH TO THE JAR FILES

I don't know what else to do. Someone please help this noob out.

Thanks in advance
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