Connecting JAVA to Oracle?

Hi Folks...I am an absolute newbie in JAVA....I have Windows Media Centre installed on my machine...Also I have Oracle 10g release 2 for the same....But I haven't installed it(oracle) yet....I have also not installed Java....First and foremost give me the link to download java so that I can run my java programs from Windows Command line...also this version of JAVA should be compatible with Oracle 10g release 2 for Windows.....Actually I want to connect my JAVA to ORACLE using JDBC...I have no idea what so ever on how to achieve it..So can any one please give some online link or resource to use JDBC or suggest some good book for it........

[654 byte] By [Parag_Kalraa] at [2007-11-27 10:02:22]