Problem with connecting with Oracle 9i

Hello..I have oracle 9i on my comp...

the problem is that i cannot connect the jdbc driver for my local host..i m pretty new to this concept of database managment.....

I cannot resolve the porper URL for my comp,bcz either

Exception in thread "main" java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver

at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)

at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)

at customer.main(customer.java:7)

crops up...when using the code....jdbc:odbc:DATABASE_NAME

and i cannot connect with me own comp using thin driver.problem wih the URL again...can u guys plz help me...

[661 byte] By [reedipa] at [2007-11-27 6:56:37]