Java – Oracle jdbc driver not found

I am a novice in Java and database connection. I am trying to establish a very simple connection with Oracle database When I run this Code:

import java.sql.*;
import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;

public class Hello 
{
public String sayHtmlHello() 
{
    try {
        // Load the JDBC driver
        String driverName = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";
        Class.forName(driverName);

        // Create a connection to the database
        String serverName = "sever2";
        String portNumber = "1521";
        String sid = "serv1";
        String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@" + serverName + ":" + portNumber +":" + sid;
        String username = "user";
        String password = "pass";

        OracleDataSource ods = new OracleDataSource();
        ods.setUser(username);
        ods.setPassword(password);
        ods.setURL(url);
        Connection conn = ods.getConnection();

        System.out.println("Connection made?");
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        // Could not find the database driver
        System.out.println("Can't find database driver");
    } catch (sqlException e) {
        // Could not connect to the database
        System.out.println("Can't connect to database");
    }

I got the output and couldn't find the database driver I am using eclipse Helios, and I have ojdbc6 Jar was added to my build path (I checked it first), and I used JDK 1.6

Solution

Check Whether the jar is also on your running path In eclipse, go to run – > run configuration – > select your configuration – > classpath tab If you don't select "add jar" on the right, your jar needs to be in "user entry"