classNotFound Exception when using JDBC for MYSQL on Tomcat in eclipse

Question

This seems to be a common problem, but I could not find a working solution. I\'ve looked through dozens of thread and have been working with my teacher. I am trying to conn

Answer 1

Putting the MySQL-connector-java-5.1.6.jar in the Tomcat/lib directory finally worked for me. Shouldn't have to do this so I suspect my Tomcat installation isn't optimum and deploying the war file might be problematic