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 > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l