JDBC - java can't see installed drivers

Question

I have a problem with JDBC drivers. I can't connect with my SQL Server database. Following code for test:

public class Test {

public static void main(String[] args) {

       Connection con = null;
       String conUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433; databaseName=mydb; user=root; password=psswd;";

   try {
    con = DriverManager.getConnection(conUrl);
    System.out.println("OK");
  } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
         finally {
           if (con != null) try { con.close(); } catch(Exception e) {}
         }
}}

When i try run this code i still getting error:

java.sql.sqlexception no suitable driver found for (..)

I have added path to sqljdbc4.jar to classpath variable and enu\\auth\\x64 localization to Path variable. I'm working on JRE 1.8, SQL Server 2014 and Windows 7.

Answer 1

It's because you haven't loaded the driver. Just modify your existing code

try {
 //this will load the driver
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");

con = DriverManager.getConnection(conUrl);
System.out.println("OK");
 } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
     finally {
       if (con != null) try { con.close(); } catch(Exception e) {}
 }