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Getting Started : Quick Start Connect : Connecting to a Database : 2. Registering the Drivers
  
2. Registering the Drivers
If using Java SE 6 or higher, you do not need to register the drivers and can skip this step. Java SE 6 and higher automatically registers the drivers with the JDBC Driver Manager.
Registering the drivers tells the JDBC Driver Manager which driver to load. The drivers are registered by using the Class.forName() method and specifying the driver class name as the argument. This example registers the Microsoft SQL Server driver:
Class.forName("com.ddtek.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver");
The following tables list the class names for each driver.
Table 1. Class Names for DataDirect Connect for JDBC Drivers
Driver
Class Name
DB2
com.ddtek.jdbc.db2.DB2Driver
Informix
com.ddtek.jdbc.informix.InformixDriver
MySQL
com.ddtek.jdbc.mysql.MySQLDriver
Oracle
com.ddtek.jdbc.oracle.OracleDriver
PostgreSQL
com.ddtek.jdbc.postgresql.PostgreSQLDriver
Progress OpenEdge
com.ddtek.jdbc.openedge.OpenEdgeDriver
Microsoft SQL Server
com.ddtek.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
Sybase
com.ddtek.jdbc.sybase.SybaseDriver
Table 2. Class Names for DataDirect Connect XE for JDBC Drivers
Driver
Class Name
Driver for Apache Hive
com.ddtek.jdbc.hive.HiveDriver
Greenplum
com.ddtek.jdbc.greenplum.GreenplumDriver
Salesforce
com.ddtek.jdbc.sforce.SForceDriver