There is a VERY similar question to mine but in my case I don't have any duplicate jars in my build path, so the solution does not work for me. I've searched google for a couple of hours now, but none of the solutions I've found there actually resolve my issue. I'm creating a web site with some database connectivity for a homework. I'm using a MySQL database, developing in Eclipse and running on Windows.
I keep getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver with the following code:
import java.sql.*;//...public void someMethodInMyServlet(PrintWriter out){ Connection connection = null; PreparedStatement query = null; try { out.println("Create the driver instance.<br>"); Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); out.println("Get the connection.<br>"); connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test", "root", "secret"); query = connection.prepareStatement( "SELECT * FROM customers"); //... } catch (Exception e) { out.println(e.toString()+"<br>"); }}//...When I run the above code I get the following output:
Create the driver instance.java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.DriverIt doesn't get past the Class.forName... line and I can't figure out why! Here is what I did:
- Download mysql-connector.
- Put it in my MySQL folder
C:\Program Files\MySQL\mysql-connector-java-5.1.12\mysql-connector-java-5.1.12-bin.jar. - Opened the project properties in Eclipse.
- Add External Jar to my Build Path and I selected
mysql-connector-java-5.1.12-bin.jar.
Every time I attempt to use the servlet I get the same error regardless if I have the jar in there or if I don't. Could you help me figure this out?