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Browse All TopicsI am trying to connect Netbeans to a SQL server 2000 database . I downloaded the JDBC drivers and added to my CLASS_PATH. but when I try to connect to the databse using the runtime connection tool in netbeans, I get a blinking icon at the base of netbeans saying
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundE
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defi
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defi
at java.security.SecureClassL
at java.net.URLClassLoader.de
at java.net.URLClassLoader.ac
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.
at java.security.AccessContro
at java.net.URLClassLoader.fi
at java.lang.ClassLoader.load
at java.lang.ClassLoader.load
at java.lang.ClassLoader.load
at java.lang.Class.forName0(N
at java.lang.Class.forName(Cl
at org.netbeans.modules.db.ex
at org.netbeans.modules.db.ex
at org.netbeans.modules.db.ex
at org.openide.util.RequestPr
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestPr
I try to connect from the NetBeans connection window adding this database url
jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver:/
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by: brilloxPosted on 2006-01-27 at 17:44:22ID: 15810496
my classpath is
:\derby\li b\derbytoo ls.jar;C:\ MSSQLJDBC\ lib\msbase .jar;C:\MS SQLJDBC\li b\msutil.j ar;C:\MSSQ LJDBC\lib\ mssqlserve r.jar
.;C:\derby\lib\derby.jar;C