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Why doesn’t calling the method Class.forName load my JDBC driver?

April 26, 2017Class.forName doesn’t driver JDBC load method

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Why doesn’t calling the method Class.forName load my JDBC driver?

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There is a bug in the JDK 1.1.x that can cause the method Class.forName to fail. A workaround is to explicitly call the method DriverManager.registerDriver(new YourDriverClass()). The exact problem in the JDK is a race condition in the class loader that prevents the static section of code in the driver class from executing and registering the driver with the DriverManager.