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

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

You missing MySQL driver library. Since, you are using Mysql database, make sure you have included mysql-connector-java.

    mysql
    mysql-connector-java
    8.0.8-dmr