Register Driver

Hi All!
Anyone can say me what means "Register the driver"?, where is registred?
thnxaLot
[ August 27, 2004: Message edited by: Erwin Morales ]

Hi Erwin,

"Register the driver" means load a class that implements the java.sql.Driver interface in the JVM. This is referred to as registering the Driver with the DriverManager.

Here is an excerpt from the Javadoc for java.sql.Driver:

When a Driver class is loaded, it should create an instance of itself and register it with the DriverManager. This means that a user can load and register a driver by calling
Class.forName("foo.bah.Driver")

For more information see Sun's JDBC Tutorial or browse the Javadoc for the java.sql package.

Hope that helps.

Jules

thanks for answer and tips Julian