JDBC CLASSPATH Not Working

Question

I\'m setting up a simple JDBC connection to my working MySQL database on my server. I\'m using the Connector-J provided by MySQL. According to their documentation, I\'m supp

Answer 1

Try to do :

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); 

before getting your connection

You might also want to get a more recent version of the mysql jdbc driver. 5.0.8 is pretty old.

Take a look at JDBC Basics it will give you some tips.

This tutorial might help you as well.