java to MS SQL

i'm new to this thing. sorry for bothers but i want to know what did i miss? i have this code throwing an exception of com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver

PHP Code:

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import java.sql.*;

public class JdbcExample3{
    public static void main(String args[]){
        Connection conn=null;
        try{
            Class.forName("com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver").newInstance();
            conn=DriverManager.getConnection(
                "jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver:///northwind");
            if(!conn.isClosed())
                System.out.println("sucessfully connected to sql server...");
        }
        catch(Exception e){
            System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage());
        }
        finally{
            try{
                if(conn!=null) conn.close();
            }
            catch(SQLException e){}
        }
    }
} 


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i installed the j2sdk1.4.0, microsoft sql server 2000 for jdbc driver and the ms sql 2000.

What's the exact error?

yo, corned... this is the output, an exception...

Exception: com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver

thanx for the reply...

Can you give the output of e.printStackTrace() ?

Code:

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java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:198)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:186)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:265)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:262)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:322)
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:130)
        at JdbcExample3.main(JdbcExample3.java:7)

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The JDBC driver is not installed properly and not found by the Java runtime.

i'll just try to download the driver again or maybe find another one... thanx corned. just have to search more. thanx so much... :)