title: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver In netbeans
body: <p>I'm trying to connect the database with Netbeans with the help of oracle 10g. I have downloaded odjbc7.jar file and added it in the ORACLE THIN driver in db services. Still, I'm  getting this class not found exception. (I am using Apache netbeans).</p>
  
  <pre><code>enter code here
  
         import java.sql.*;
  
          public class jdbclass {
          public static void main(String args[]) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException
         {
               String url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl";
               String uname="sh";
               String passwd="ara";
               String query="select pizza_type from pizza";
               Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
               Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(url,uname, passed);
               Statement st=con.createStatement();
               ResultSet rs=st.executeQuery(query);
               String name=rs.getString("pizza_type");
               rs.next();
              System.out.print(name);
              st.close();
              con.close();
  
            }
  
          }
  </code></pre>