problems with microsoft excel driver

[vijayalakshmi sundararajan]

Hi,
I have written this code to access data from an Excel file.
///////// the code //////////////
String url = "jdbc dbc river={Microsoft Excel Driver(*.xls)};DBQ=C:\\test.xls";
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
Connection con =DriverManager.getConnection(url);
//////////// the exception /////////////
Exception: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified
please help me out.
bye
Regards,
Vijayalakshmi

[L Goundalkar]

Hi,
I think you need to create a File DSN and use it in URL.
Cheers.

[vijayalakshmi sundararajan]

Hi,
I tried doing it but still I get the same error message
vijju