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 add the MySQL connecter library jar file to the classpath, rather than the directory where it is contained.

Are you not using an IDE like Netbeans or Eclipse? Setting up a command line development environment in Windows is not hard but it's not trivial either