URL string format for connecting to Oracle database with JDBC

Question

I\'m a newbie to Java-related web development, and I can\'t seem to get a simple program with JDBC working. I\'m using off-the-shelf Oracle 10g XE and the Eclipse EE IDE. Fr

Answer 1

The correct format for url can be one of the following formats:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@::;  (if you have sid)
jdbc:oracle:thin:@//:/serviceName; (if you have oracle service name)

And don't put any space there. Try to use 1521 as port number. sid (database name) must be the same as the one which is in environment variables (if you are using windows).