JDBC require EE?

[Kevin Cary]

Hi Bill nice to see your name as moderater. I was away developing a desktop tool and now I'm back with my previous challenge. You may recall I'm was having trouble connecting with mSQL database. Currently I'm using JDK1.3 SE, should I be using JDK1.3 EE?
Best to all,

[bill bozeman]

You will need JDK1.3EE if you are using servlets. However, the java.sql package in JDK1.3 SE is all you need to connect to the database. If you still can't connect, try using a simple TestConnection class and see if you can get in. If you can't show us your code and report any error messages you are getting.
Bill

[Kevin Cary]

Hey Bill,
I still can't get my database. There are no class files in directory with driver. Compiling using: javac *.java produces 66 errors. The first complaint is:
MsqlQueryData.java:4: cannot resolve symbol
symbol: class Encoder
location: package util
import com.imaginary.util.Encoder;
I've searched my hd and I don't have a class named Encoder. Below is the class I'm trying to run. Which doesn't run because it can't find the MsqlDriver. Any ideas?

import java.sql.*;
public class Test
{
public static void main( String args[] )
{
Connection mSQLcon = null;
try
{
Class.forName("com.imaginary.sql.msql.MsqlDriver").newInstance();
}
catch ( InstantiationException ie )
{
ie.printStackTrace ();
}
catch( ClassNotFoundException cfe )
{
System.err.println("Test.java:main:couldn't find driver");
cfe.printStackTrace();
}
catch( Exception e )
{
e.printStackTrace( );
}
finally
{
if( mSQLcon != null )
{
try
{
mSQLcon.close()
}
catch( Exception e )
System.err.println("Test.java:main method:finally");
}
}
}
}
}

[Kevin Cary]

I have since sent an email to imaginary.com. I'll let you know if I get a response.