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

modify 'common.loader' property in the 'catalina.properties' file in the tomcat 'conf' folder as shown below

common.loader=${catalina.base}/lib,${catalina.base}/lib/*.jar,${catalina.home}/lib,${catalina.home}/lib/*.jar

Also add 'mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar' in the tomcat 'lib' folder