Registering a New Third-Party JDBC Driver

If you plan to use a third-party JDBC driver, register it with JDeveloper so that it will be available when you define the connection.

To register a new third-party JDBC driver:

From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences.
In the Preferences dialog, select Database Connections.
On the Database Connections page, the Registered JDBC Drivers list displays the third-party JDBC drivers currently registered with JDeveloper. To add a new entry to the list, click New.

A new, entry appears in the list and in the Driver Class field, with a default driver class name.
In the Driver Class field, alter the new entry to reflect its fully qualified class name.

Make sure that the correct entry is still selected in the Registered JDBC Drivers list.
From the Library dropdown list, select a library to associate the driver with. To define a new library, click New.

Be sure to include this library in any project that uses the third-party driver.
Click OK.

The driver will now appear in the list of available third-party JDBC drivers both in this dialog (once you return to it) and in the Create Connection wizard.

Alternately, if you are already in the Create Connection wizard, you can register a third-party JDBC driver without leaving the wizard. On the Connection page, click New. You will then be asked to provide the class name and library for the driver.