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Hi, I have this simple program to access a database in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the database that i am trying to access is Northwind.
But, when i execute the .jsp i get this error:

java.sql.SQLException: [Microsoft] database not found and no driver was specified.
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.createSQLException(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.standardError(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbc.SQLDriverConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcConnection.initialize(Unknown Source)
at sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
at desisoft_jsp_ch16_01_jsp1179415463593._jspService(desisoft_jsp_ch16_01_jsp1179415463593.java:52)
at desisoft.server.JspBaseClass.service(JspBaseClass.java:48)
at desisoft.server.servlets.Servlet.service(Servlet.java:86)

what am I doing wrong?
thanks for any response...

the code:
ch16_01.jsp

Herman Schelti

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hi Jack,

did you configure an ODBC connection for "Northwind" ?

Herman

Jason Kwok

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Your code is missing a declaration for a driver. For instance, in MySQL I would use:

Class.forName( "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" ).newInstance();

I'm not sure what you would put for SQL Server, but I'm sure you could google that answer quite easily.

In addition to that, you will have to create a path to your database. In windows, you'll have to go to your control panel, then ODBC Settings and then create a new data source.
[ May 18, 2007: Message edited by: Jason Kwok ]

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hi Jason,

I think Jack did what you call "declarare a driver", right?
<% Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); %>

Herman

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Hey Herman,

You're right, I must've missed that. Nice catch!

Jason

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I had to add the Northwind database in the ODBC Settings,
that's the one that was missing.

thanks guys...