how to connect java with oracle in linux?

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i have oracle and netbeans installed...i wish to connect oracle to java...i cannot figure out the jdbc stuff, in linux...

in windows, what i used to do was...

1. add a data source in odbc administrator ( microsoft odbc for oracle)
2. then load oracle driver

Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

3. create a jdbc connection

 Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:dsn","username","password");

i m not able to understand how to perform steps 1 and 2... on linux i have never done this on linux before...i dont know what oracle drivers are there for linux and who provides them and where and how to add/install them...

[RupertPupkin]

You don't need to use an ODBC bridge in Linux, just use JDBC directly:

Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver").newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@host:1521:sid","user","password");

where "host" is the hostname of the Oracle server, 1521 is the port number, and "sid" is the Oracle SID name in your tnsnames.ora file.

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thanks RupertPupkin