SQLException: No suitable Driver Found for jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost:1521/orcl

The "ojdbc.jar" is not in the CLASSPATH of your application server.

Just tell us which application server it is and we will tell you where the driver should be placed.

Edit: I saw the tag jboss so it has to be placed in folder "$JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib/"

"No suitable driver" usually means that the JDBC URL you've supplied to connect has incorrect syntax or when the driver isn't loaded at all.

When the method getConnection is called, the DriverManager will attempt to locate a suitable driver from amongst those loaded at initialization and those loaded explicitly using the same classloader as the current applet or application.(using Class.forName())

For Example

import oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver;

Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.­OracleDriver");

Also check that you have ojdbc6.jar in your classpath. I would suggest to place .jar at physical location to JBoss "$JBOSS_HOME/server/default/lib/" directory of your project.

EDIT:

You have mentioned hibernate lately.

Check that your hibernate.cfg.xml file has connection properties something like this:

<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl</property> 
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">scott</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">tiger</property>

Sometimes it is the simple things. In my case, I had an invalid url. I had left out a colon before the at sign (@). I had "jdbc:oracle:thin@//localhost" instead of "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//localhost" Hope this helps someone else with this issue.