Trying to connect to Sybase via JDBC

[Rorbac]

I'm trying to connect to a Sybase database via JDBC. (Connecting to Oracle works fine, so I take that class as model)

In Oracle, I need the file classes12.zip for
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
to work.

I know that in Sybase I need to change this to
Class.forName("com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver");
but I don't find any file that corresponds to classes12.zip in Oracle and of course I get a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver.

Now, everyone is talking about JConnect, and after searchig the Sybase site for nearly an hour, I was able to register and download JConnect, but that file doesn't include anything that helps me. (Is it just me or is sybase.com an example of bad site design?)

Can anyone tell me the name of the file I need, or/and tell me where to find it?

 

[sedj]

Documentation on how to connect using the jConnect Sybase driver :

http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1009862,00.html

http://www.sybase.com/products/middleware/jconnectforjdbc

jConnect driver download :

http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1009796,00.html

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