FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon>java -version
java version "1.7.0_04-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_04-ea-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)



ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.



EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
TextPad 5.x

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
The code snippet which I sourced from Core Java Volume 2 (7th Edition) ISBN 0-13-111826-9, chapter 4, is giving an error, which says that it cannot find a file which exists within the directory.

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 7


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:postgresql:corejava
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at TestDB.getConnection(TestDB.java:82)
        at TestDB.runTest(TestDB.java:43)
        at TestDB.main(TestDB.java:20)
Error: Could not find or load main class TestDB.class
Press any key to continue . . .

Command line log:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon>cd workspace

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is D80F-8634

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace

05/01/2012 21:49 <DIR> .
05/01/2012 21:49 <DIR> ..
18/09/2011 14:59 <DIR> .metadata
11/09/2011 17:45 <DIR> .tags
05/01/2012 19:12 <DIR> EmployeeSystem
02/01/2012 22:13 <DIR> JavaDev
               0 File(s) 0 bytes
               6 Dir(s) 33,802,166,272 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace>cd JavaDev

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is D80F-8634

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev

02/01/2012 22:13 <DIR> .
02/01/2012 22:13 <DIR> ..
11/09/2011 17:51 <DIR> corejava7
09/04/2011 18:14 <DIR> corejava8
14/08/2011 09:31 2,487 Java CLI.lnk
20/04/2008 11:44 241 Java Platform SE 6.url
06/01/2012 15:56 <DIR> myCode Snippets
               2 File(s) 2,728 bytes
               5 Dir(s) 33,802,166,272 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev>cd corejava7\v2\v2ch4

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is D80F-8634

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4


11/07/2011 16:14 <DIR> .
11/07/2011 16:14 <DIR> ..
16/07/2011 21:43 <DIR> ExecSQL
16/07/2005 10:26 <DIR> LDAPTest
11/07/2011 15:54 <DIR> PostgresqlTest
11/07/2011 19:24 <DIR> QueryDB
16/07/2005 10:26 <DIR> RowSetTest
06/01/2012 17:54 <DIR> TestDB
12/07/2011 15:34 <DIR> ViewDB
               0 File(s) 0 bytes
               9 Dir(s) 33,802,166,272 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4>cd TestDB

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4\TestDB>dir
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is D80F-8634

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4
\TestDB

06/01/2012 17:54 <DIR> .
06/01/2012 17:54 <DIR> ..
10/07/2011 17:22 119 database.properties
10/07/2011 17:21 131 database.properties.old
05/01/2012 19:11 551,290 postgresql-9.1-901.jdbc4.jar
06/01/2012 06:02 124 run.bat
06/01/2012 17:44 2,166 TestDB.class
29/09/2004 18:45 2,192 TestDB.java
06/01/2012 17:46 157 tp044cf2.BAT
               7 File(s) 556,179 bytes
               2 Dir(s) 33,802,166,272 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4\TestDB>prompt
$g
'prompt$g' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jon\workspace\JavaDev\corejava7\v2\v2ch4\TestDB>prompt
 $g

>type run.bat
@ECHO OFF
C:
java -Djdbc.drivers=org.postgresql.Driver TestDB
java -cp postgresql-9.1-901.jdbc4.jar TestDB.class
PAUSE

>run
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:postgresql:corejava
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at TestDB.getConnection(TestDB.java:82)
        at TestDB.runTest(TestDB.java:43)
        at TestDB.main(TestDB.java:20)
Error: Could not find or load main class TestDB.class
Press any key to continue . . .

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Not found so far.