Registering the JDBC Client

To use the JDBC Client, you first must register it with the JDBC Driver Manager. You can register the JDBC Client in any of the following ways:

• Method 1: Set the Java property jdbc.drivers using the Java -D option. The jdbc.drivers property is defined as a colon-separated list of driver class names. For example:

  com.ddtek.jdbc.openaccess.OpenAccessDriver:sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

  The jdbc.drivers property can be set like other Java properties, using the -D option. For example:

  java -Djdbc.drivers=com.ddtek.jdbc.openaccess.OpenAccessDriver

• Method 2: Set the Java property jdbc.drivers from within your Java application or applet. To do this, include the following code in your application or applet, and call DriverManager.getConnection():

  Properties p = System.getProperties();

  p.put ("jdbc.drivers", "com.ddtek.jdbc.openaccess.OpenAccessDriver");

  System.setProperties (p);

• Method 3: Explicitly load the driver class using the standard Class.forName() method. To do this, include the following code in your application or applet and call DriverManager.getConnection():

  Class.forName("com.ddtek.jdbc.openaccess.OpenAccessDriver");