I think the situation may have fixed itself. I don't know how.

--- In Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com, "judlian23" <jtb3f@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have yet another problem. I am using Jaybird2.1.6 and firebird
> embedded 2.1.1 on linux and java 1.6.0_05.
>
> I am getting this problem before the application reaches any real
> code. It's stuck on loading the driver, it seems. The obvious thing
> is that I may be using a newer than supported or older than supported
> version. If so, I'm wondering if anyone's run into the same problem
> and what to do.
>
> Any help is always appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Julian
>
> private void loadDriver() {
> try {
> Class.forName("org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver");
> } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
> ...
> }
> }
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad
> version number in .class file
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
> at
> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:268)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
> at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
> at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)
> at Main.loadDriver(Main.java:56)
> at Main.main(Main.java:227)
>