java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver

Hi, I get the error in the subject when I use it with the following code in an applet.

try {

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password); }

catch (Exception e) {

e.printStackTrace();

name.setText(e.toString());

connection = null;

}

where url, username, and password are correct and "name" is a textfield which I use in this portion for debugging purposes. Is the problem because of the applet structure, that is, applet cannot access a database on the system, or because of the non-existence of a class? I think the necessary classes is present with the JDK1.3.1 which ? am using. So what is the problem, could someone please help me?

[776 byte] By [marikkan] at [2007-9-26 1:17:28]