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New Ah. In that case...
...Talk to the sysadmin. He or she should have another server you might be able to access, with a few kind words sent his or her way.

;-)
-YendorMike

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
New I don't think I'm far enough along that it matters yet
This is a general-purpose question anyway. Java's claim to fame is Write Once Run Anywhere[tm, probably]. Just how much work do I have to do accounting for different target platforms to make this a reality?

You mentioned an Ant script that handles it. Do you have a good link for Ant docs/tutorial? Of the first four I've looked at I seem to have a choice between well-written or complete.

The fact that something like Ant even exists suggests to me that WORA is more marketing than reality.
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New Er, wha?
Just how much work do I have to do accounting for different target platforms to make this a reality?
The problem here is not your different target platforms, really -- it's the fact that you're trying to use two different libraries. Are the interfaces to all the functions the same? As Scott suggested earlier, if they are the same, then you shouldn't have a problem. If, however, the public API has changed, then you're going to have problems. That's nothing to do with Java.

You mentioned an Ant script that handles it. Do you have a good link for Ant docs/tutorial? Of the first four I've looked at I seem to have a choice between well-written or complete.
[link|http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html|http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html]

The fact that something like Ant even exists suggests to me that WORA is more marketing than reality.
Er, no. Ant is a build tool. You write some XML, install Ant, and it builds your project for you when you type "ant build". It handles all the "javac -CLASSPATH=a;b;c;d org.drook.MyClass.java" and all the other commands. It's like Make, but sexier.
-YendorMike

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
     Can I compile a Java app against two versions of same db? - (drewk) - (7)
         Assuming that this is work-related... - (Yendor) - (5)
             Reason it's different - (drewk) - (4)
                 Ah. In that case... - (Yendor) - (2)
                     I don't think I'm far enough along that it matters yet - (drewk) - (1)
                         Er, wha? - (Yendor)
                 Why am I reminded of today's "Opus"? - (Another Scott)
         Shouldn't matter. - (admin)

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