Problem connecting to my Database using Java

[javaneed]

Hi all,

I am new to Java and also new to this forum.

First of al hi to al of u.

I am facing a problem. I have developed an application using Java Jsp, which connects to Oracle database, which is in my system only.

but after starting tomcat when i am running the jsp which is in turn connecting to the database, i am getting the following error -

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver

I have set the environment variable CLASSPATH with the classes12.zip file. then also i am getting this error

Please Help

Thanx n Regards
Sam

[JavaBean]

Hi Sam,

This is the third thread i have seen for the same problem. Please do not cross-post the same question. Here is the FAQ for the forum rules:

http://www.java-forums.org/faq.php?faq=forumrules

[Swamipsn]

Hi,
This problem is a most common one , its means your JVM unable to find out oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver class file. So place the driver class file into
both Java and Tomcat's lib directory.

[sunnyvijaya]

can u paste ut jsp file so that i can go thru the cpde