--- In Firebird-Java@y..., "rrokytskyy" <rrokytskyy@y...> wrote:

> > Despite the fact that I'm putting "interclient.jar" in my

classpath

> > (via the -classpath option to the vm from SUN SDK 1.4), I still

get

> > a ClassNotFoundException when I try:
> > Class.forName("interbase.interclient.Driver");
> >
> > Has anyone else had this strange problem? Does anyone have some
> > ideas about what I should try next to sort out this problem?
>
> It might be an issue with JDK 1.4. Sun changes versions of some
> classes, and usually binary code compiled for JDK 1.3 does not work
> with JDK 1.4. Try to get sources of InterClient from CVS and

compile

> with your JDK (there's an Ant script by David Jencks that will
> simplify you life, but any javac will do the job).
>
> Best regards,
> Roman Rokytskyy

I'm glad to report that my problem is fixed. It turned out that I
had a Class-Path entry in the manifest file of my jar, and it was
causing the -classpath paramameter to the VM to be ignored.

For example:
java -classpath lib/interclient.jar -jar myprogram.jar

The VM will ignore (or overwrite?) the -classpath parameter if
myprogram.jar contains a manifest with a Class-Path entry in it.
Quite confusing.

Thanks to those who replied to my questions.

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