> I recently sent out an ITP for a MySQL JDBC driver > (http://mmmysql.sourceforge.net) and have started looking at how to package > it up. This is my first attempt at a java package and a second attempt at > packaging anything (the other being rdesktop). I've downloaded both the > source and binaries, and it seems there are different Makefile targets > depending on the JDK in use. How should I deal with this? Compile with the > latest version? Both? Or just package up the binary? I'm using blackdown's > j2sdk1.3, not jdk1.1.
You should download the binary version, and then put it into your CLASSPATH (export CLASSPATH=drivername.jar:. for example). Then in your java-program load the driver with: Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance(); Then you get the Connection by using DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/databasename", "username", "password"); You should now be able to make database requests. Need more help? mail me! /Nils Hoglund