2. Registering the JDBC Client

Important If using Java SE 6 or later, you do not need to register the driver and can skip this step. Java SE 6 and later editions automatically register the driver with the JDBC Driver Manager.

Registering the driver tells the JDBC Driver Manager which driver to load. The driver is registered by using the Class.forName method and specifying the driver class name as the argument. The name of the driver for the JDBC Client is com.ddtek.jdbc.openaccess.OpenAccessDriver.