The infamous java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found

Question

I\'m trying to add a database-enabled JSP to an existing Tomcat 5.5 application (GeoServer 2.0.0, if that helps).

The app itself talks to Postgres just fine, so I kn

Answer 1

I faced the similar issue. My Project in context is Dynamic Web Project(Java 8 + Tomcat 8) and error is for PostgreSQL Driver exception: No suitable driver found

It got resolved by adding Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver") before calling getConnection() method

Here is my Sample Code:

try {
            Connection conn = null;
            Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://" + host + ":" + port + "/?preferQueryMode="
                    + sql_auth,sql_user , sql_password);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Failed to create JDBC db connection " + e.toString() + e.getMessage());
        }