java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

[anwar pasha]

I am doing simple servlet and jdbc code to insert the data into database
when trying to insert the data i am getting below error ,
i have given mysql-connector.jar file in classpath still its comming the error
can help me please..........


java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1352)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1198)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at DbCon.getConnection(DbCon.java:12)
at HelloAleemExample.doGet(HelloAleemExample.java:51)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
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[Jan Cumps]

Check the documentation of your application server (is it Tomcat?). There will be a topic on how to add jar files to the classpath of that application server.
Typically, you have to place the jar file in a specific directory.

[Mick Foley]

If you are using Tomcat Web container, add your jar file under the WEB-INF/lib directory for your web application. Hope that works for you.

[uday kantt]

Hi
So it is looking for a class called Driver in the com.mysql.jdbc package. For this you need to add the mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar file to the classpath. Then things work fine.

Thanks