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layout: default_docs
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title: Setting up the Class Path
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header: Chapter 2. Setting up the JDBC Driver
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resource: media
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previoustitle: Chapter 2. Setting up the JDBC Driver
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previous: setup.html
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nexttitle: Preparing the Database Server for JDBC
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next: prepare.html
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To use the driver, the JAR archive named `postgresql.jar` if you built from source,
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otherwise it will likely be (named with the following convention: `postgresql-*[server version]*.*[build number]*.jdbc*[JDBC version]*.jar`,
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for example `postgresql-8.0-310.jdbc3.jar`) needs to be included in the class path,
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either by putting it in the `CLASSPATH` environment variable, or by using flags on
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the **java** command line.
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For instance, assume we have an application that uses the JDBC driver to access
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a database, and that application is installed as `/usr/local/lib/myapp.jar`. The
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PostgreSQL™ JDBC driver installed as `/usr/local/pgsql/share/java/postgresql.jar`.
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To run the application, we would use:
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*export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/lib/myapp.jar:/usr/local/pgsql/share/java/postgresql.jar:*.
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*java MyApp*
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Loading the driver from within the application is covered in [Chapter 3, Initializing the Driver](use.html). |