This is bug in beta distribution. JDBC 2.0 Optional Package is not
included in archive. You have to download them from Sun website
manually and add to the classpath
(http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/download.html)

Best regards,
Roman Rokytskyy

--- In Firebird-Java@y..., Sanjay Amatya <sanjayamatya@y...> wrote:
> Included all jar files from JCA driver inot classpath.
>
> Have a pieace of code like:
>
> Class.forName("org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver"); //1
> connection = DriverManager.getConnection
>
("jdbc:firebirdsql:servername:c:\\testjava\\contact.gdb","sysdba","mas
terkey"); //2
>
>
> Throws exception at //1
> ClassDefNotFoundError - javax/sql/datasource
> at java.lang.ClassLoaderDefineClass0(NativeMethod)
> ....
> and so on.
>
> No matter what I changed in //2, still getting the same error.