Bug#429846: Can't find org.postgresql.Driver after installation

[Michael Koch]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 05:44:23PM +0200, Gustaf Räntilä wrote:
> Package: libpg-java
> Version: 8.2-504-1
> 
> After installation, you would assume that the driver is "installed", so 
> that you can use it as described in all manuals:
> Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
> but this throws an exception:
> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver
> 
> I'm using postgres 8.1 and Sun Java SE 6.0, and, obviously, sid.

You need to put /usr/share/java/postgresql.jar onto your classpath. This
jar contains the class org.postgresql.Driver.

Please report back if this helps you.


Cheers,
Michael
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