Mathias, You need to include the Oracle class in the classpath where you are executing your java program. I am assuming this is on your client machine. On unix, Export CLASSPATH= .:/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip:/opt/oracle/product/9 .2.0/JRE:/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/jlib:. Be sure and include the "." On NT, create an NT environmental on your system for classpath. On my desktop, it looks like: CLASSPATH=c:\oracle\product\10.1.0\client_1\jlib\;. Hope this helps. Tom -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mathias Diehl Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:41 AM To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: newbee - jdbc Hi List, soryy for the dumb question... I'm *very* new to oracle and tried to setup a java app using jdbc on a second server. I get the error: Check that the Jdbc drivers are included in your class path. Error loading JDBC driver: "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver Now I googled around and found that I have to add the jdbc to my classpat. Please advise if I have to modify my classpath on oracle server AND client and how to do so (classpath of root? oracle? or tomcat?) Or mybe can someone point me to a nice example.... thanx in advance -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l