Setting up iReport
iReport can help us quickly generate database reports. To do so, we need to provide it with the JDBC driver and connection information for our database.
iReport comes bundled with JDBC drivers for several open source relational database systems, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, HSQLDB, and others. If we want to connect to a different database, we need to add the JDBC driver to iReport's CLASSPATH. This can be done by clicking on Tools | Options and then selecting the Classpath tab.
To add the JDBC driver to the CLASSPATH, click on the Add JAR button, and then navigate to the location of the JAR file containing the JDBC driver. Select ...
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