Java program and mySQL connectivity issue: No suitable driver found

Question

I\'ve been having a problem with mySQL database connectivity. I\'m getting an error:

No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/sakila.

Answer 1

You need to place the connector jar file to your classpath or ...\jre1.6.0\lib\ext

Classpath is the one you should favor instead of the latter