These are my error messages I am getting with previous examples.

C:\PCCashRegister\PCCashReg.java:25: unreported exception
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be
thrown
Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);
^
C:\PCCashRegister\PCCashReg.java:28: unreported exception
java.sql.SQLException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(DBpath);
^
2 errors
JCompiler done.

--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "batsoww" <batsoww@y...> wrote:
> Can someone give an example of exactly what would go in
Class.forName
> (JDBC_DRIVER) and DriverManager.getConnection(DATABASE_URL).
> I need to see an exact example of what goes inside the JDBC_DRIVER
> and DATABASE_URL spaces.
>
> Thanks,
> Batsoww
> --- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, John Zoetebier
> <john.zoetebier@t...> wrote:
> > On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:42:40 -0000, batsoww <batsoww@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I am new to the world of Firebird and Java and I was
> wondering
> > > what the basic syntax of the database url and the driver url
> would
> > > look like. I am reading the database url from a file and
passing
> it
> > > to the DriverManager.connection(Database_URL);
> > >
> > > I just don't understand how to write the actual URL's in the
> correct
> > > format in order to connect to the database.
> > >
> >
> > When you download FireBird there is a file FAX.txt.
> > From that file:
> > ==>
> > Two forms of JayBird can be used. FBDriver is used much like the
> old
> > Interclient driver. FBWrappingDataSource has internal connection
> pooling
> > capability. Examples of both are included here. Code examples of
> many of
> > the classes and methods used by JayBird can be found in the
> src/test
> > subdirectory of the source code available on SourceForge.net,
see
> question
> > 13 below.
> >
> > JayBird supports two URL syntax formats:
> >
> > Standard format= jdbc:firebirdsql:[//host[:port]/]<database>
> >
> > FB old format= jdbc:firebirdsql:[host[/port]:]<database>
> > ==>
> >
> > Furthermore there is a samples folder with 2 Java programs.
> > The <database> is the qualified name of the database, i.e.
> includes the
> > path.
> >
> > --
> > John Zoetebier
> > Web site: http://www.transparent.co.nz