Re: JDBC and class.ForName

DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver()) is not oracle specific.
It is in JDBC specification, you can use this to register non-oracle driver as well.

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:20:29 +0000, ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net <ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net> wrote:
>
> is the option to use register instead of class.forname oracle specific? all
> the non-oracle docs say i need to use class.forname?
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > class.ForName is to register the JDBC Driver.
> >
> > Either you can use class.ForName("Driver")
> >
> > OR
> > you can use registerDriver method from DriverManager class as below..
> > DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver());
> >
> > HTH
> > Sami
> >
> >
>

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