com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver not found error

Question

I am trying to connect to my SQL Server 2008 database from Java and I\'m having the same problem from this thread.

String userName = \"xxxx\";
String password =          


        

Answer 1

public static final String URL = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=dbName";
public static final String USERNAME = "xxxx";
public static final String PASSWORD = "xxxx";

/**
 *  This method
    @param args     command line argument
*/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
   try
   {
        Connection connection;
        DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver());   
        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(MainDriver.URL,MainDriver.USERNAME,
                        MainDriver.PASSWORD);
        String query ="select * from employee";
        Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
        ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(query);
        while(resultSet.next())
        {
            System.out.print("First Name: " + resultSet.getString("first_name"));
            System.out.println("  Last Name: " + resultSet.getString("last_name"));                
        }
   }catch(Exception ex)
   {
        ex.printStackTrace();
   }
}