I though if you using JDK1.3 the oracle driver for jbdc should already
included with JDK.
I found the easies way is to esstablish connection through system DSN.

op!!! does Oracel 8i use DSN ? I saw in the book about oracal but didn't
really take note as I alway specailise with SQL.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ajay Sheth" <ajaysheth@v...>
To: "Java Server" <pro_java_server@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:00 AM
Subject: Oracle 8i and Servlets


> I am able to connect to my Oracle 8i (WIN NT SERVER 4.0) through my java
> application. But when i use this oracle thin driver in my servlet it shows
> me NoClassDefFoundError. My classpath is
> oracle_home\jdbc\lib\classes102.zip and
> oracle_home\jdbc\lib\nls_charset10.zip and also other path to my java
> libraries. If the oracle thin driver works in my normal java application
> and retrieves me all the record. Then why does it fail in my Servlets.
>
> My operating environment is Oracle 8i with jdk1.3 , Java Web Server 2.0 on
> Windows NT Server 4.0.
>
> Could anyone please help. Please treat this as most urgent. You could mail
> me at ' ajaysheth@v... '.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ajay.
>
>