title: JDBC ODBC Driver Connection
body: <p>I'm currently working on a project for a class at my University. I am learning about connecting and manipulating databases and we are using a Microsoft .accdb file.</p>
  
  <p>Here is what I have so far.</p>
  
  <pre><code>/* Perform database operations */
      try {
          Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
          System.out.println("Driver loaded");
  
          connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Lab3.accdb");
          System.out.println("Database connected");
  
          statement = connection.createStatement();
  
          ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("");
  
          while (resultSet.next()) {
              output.write("&lt;p&gt;" + resultSet.getString(1) + "\t" +
                  resultSet.getString(2) + "\t" + resultSet.getString(3) + "&lt;/p&gt;");
          }
  
          connection.close();
      } catch (ClassNotFoundException|SQLException e) {
          System.out.println("Database Access Error.");
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When looking for "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver" I am getting the following output.</p>
  
  <pre><code>SEVERE:   java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
  at org.glassfish.web.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1761)
  at org.glassfish.web.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1611)
  at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
  at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:190)
  at changepass.ChangePasswordServlet.processRequest(ChangePasswordServlet.java:47)
  at changepass.ChangePasswordServlet.doGet(ChangePasswordServlet.java:83)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:687)
  at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.service(StandardWrapper.java:1682)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:318)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:160)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.doInvoke(StandardPipeline.java:734)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:673)
  at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebPipeline.invoke(WebPipeline.java:99)
  at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:174)
  at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.doService(CoyoteAdapter.java:357)
  at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:260)
  at com.sun.enterprise.v3.services.impl.ContainerMapper.service(ContainerMapper.java:188)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.runService(HttpHandler.java:191)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpHandler.doHandle(HttpHandler.java:168)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.http.server.HttpServerFilter.handleRead(HttpServerFilter.java:189)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.ExecutorResolver$9.execute(ExecutorResolver.java:119)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeFilter(DefaultFilterChain.java:288)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.executeChainPart(DefaultFilterChain.java:206)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.execute(DefaultFilterChain.java:136)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.DefaultFilterChain.process(DefaultFilterChain.java:114)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.ProcessorExecutor.execute(ProcessorExecutor.java:77)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.nio.transport.TCPNIOTransport.fireIOEvent(TCPNIOTransport.java:838)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.AbstractIOStrategy.fireIOEvent(AbstractIOStrategy.java:113)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.run0(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:115)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy.access$100(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:55)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.strategies.WorkerThreadIOStrategy$WorkerThreadRunnable.run(WorkerThreadIOStrategy.java:135)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.doWork(AbstractThreadPool.java:564)
  at org.glassfish.grizzly.threadpool.AbstractThreadPool$Worker.run(AbstractThreadPool.java:544)
  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It seems simple enough to work through. It seems I am missing the driver or something along those lines. However I am having a hard time finding out what to do about this. Is the driver included with the JDK anywhere? Must I download something separate? Does it depend on my Operating System? (Mac OS X 10.9). Or am I simply doing something wrong in code?</p>
  
  <p>I would appreciate the help! Thanks!</p>
  
  <p>Additional Info:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[James@toodarkpark: ~]$ java -version
  java version "1.7.0_45"
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
  [James@toodarkpark: ~]$ 
  </code></pre>