Installing the JDBC driver on Mac OS X

To install the Vertica JDBC driver on your Mac OS X client system, download the JDBC driver .jar file from the Vertica driver downloads page.

Ensuring Java can find the JDBC driver

In order for your Java client application to use the Vertica JDBC driver, the Java interpreter needs to be able to find its library file. Choose one of these methods to tell the Java interpreter where to look for the library:

• Copy the JDBC .jar file you downloaded to either the system-wide Java Extensions folder (/Library/Java/Extensions) or your user Java Extensions folder (/Users/username/Library/Java/Extensions).

• Add the directory containing the JDBC .jar file to the CLASSPATH environment variable (see Modifying the Java CLASSPATH).

• Specify the directory containing the JDBC .jar using the -cp argument in the Java command line you use to start your Java command line.