Another JDBC:Oracle problem

[maximillion2000]

I have probrably read every single post regarding this issue. I've followed every single suggestion but it still doesnt work for me. Can someone please help me figure out why I keep getting the error message:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: MakingTheConnection
When I run javac MakingTheConnection.java it compiles it without a problem. As soon as I type java MakingTheConnection then the exception error pops up. Here is the code:
import java.sql.*;
public class MakingTheConnection {
public static void main(String[] args) {

try {
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");

Connection databaseConnection =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc racle:thin:@maxcorp1:1524:maxdb", "SYS", "password");

System.out.println("Connection established successfully!");

databaseConnection.close();
}
catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
System.err.println(cnfe);
}
catch (SQLException sqle) {
System.err.println(sqle);
}
}
}
I'm running it on a Windows XP machine. I configured the classpath and path properly but now i'm all out of ideas. PLEASE HELP OUT A GREENHORN........
Thanks!

[maximillion2000]

Nevermind... I solved the problem.

[David O'Meara]

"maximillion2000",
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