After jConnect is installed, test the installation by running the Version program.
The Version program connects to a
demonstration database that Sybase has made available on the Internet.
You must have Internet access to run the Version program
successfully, or explicitly run it with [-U username]
[-P password] [-S servername] commands
to point it to your database.
From the DOS prompt for Windows, or at a UNIX or Linux prompt, change to the JDBC_HOME directory. Make sure your CLASSPATH variable is set for running the sample programs—see “Setting the CLASSPATH” for details—and enter the following text:
java sample2.SybSample Version
This should bring up a SybSample window. At the top of the window, the Running Sybase Sample text box should display the source code for Version as the program runs. The middle text box—Sample Output—should display version information. For example:
Using JDBC driver version 6.0 jConnect (TM) for JDBC(TM)/6.0...
If the previous message appears in the Sample Output text box, you have successfully installed jConnect.
If you get the previous message but the source code for Version does not appear in the Running Sybase Sample text box, and the Status text box at the bottom of the window shows:
java.io.FileNotFoundException: Version.java
you successfully installed jConnect but probably did not enter the command to run the Version program from the sample2 directory under JDBC_HOME.
If the SybSample window does not appear and you get the following error message,
Can’t find class sample2.SybSample
check your CLASSPATH to verify that it is set correctly.
Using Windows, if the SybSample window does not come up, and you get one of the following error messages,
“Name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command” (Windows NT)
“Bad command or file name” (Windows 95)
make sure that your path includes the bin subdirectory of your JDK home directory.
When you have verified that your installation was successful, click Close to exit the SybSample window.
