How to add the JDBC mysql driver to an Eclipse project? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can paste the .jar file of the driver in the Java setup instead of adding it to each project that you create. Paste it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\lib\ext or wherever you have installed java.

After this you will find that the .jar driver is enlisted in the library folder of your created project(JRE system library) in the IDE. No need to add it repetitively.

Answer 2

1: I have downloaded the mysql-connector-java-5.1.24-bin.jar

Okay.

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2: I have created a lib folder in my project and put the jar in there.

Wrong. You need to drop JAR in /WEB-INF/lib folder. You don't need to create any additional folders.

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3: properties of project->build path->add JAR and selected the JAR above.

Unnecessary. Undo it all to avoid possible conflicts.

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4: I still get java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql//localhost:3306/mysql

This exception can have 2 causes:

1. JDBC driver is not in runtime classpath. This is to be solved by doing 2) the right way.

2. JDBC URL is not recognized by any of the loaded JDBC drivers. Indeed, the JDBC URL is wrong, there should as per the MySQL JDBC driver documentation be another colon between the scheme and the host.

   jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql
   

Answer 3

if you are getting this exception again and again then download my-sql connector and paste in tomcat/WEB-INF/lib folder...note that some times WEB-INF folder does not contains lib folder, at that time manually create lib folder and paste mysql connector in that folder..definitely this will work.if still you got problem then check that your jdk must match your system. i.e if your system is 64 bit then jdk must be 64 bit

Answer 4

you haven't loaded driver into memory. use this following in init()

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

Also, you missed a colon (:) in url, use this

String mySqlUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql";

Answer 5

Try to insert this:

DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());

before getting the JDBC Connection.

Answer 6

Try this tutorial it has the explanation and it will be helpful http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/kathleen/classes/cs3200/JDBCtutorial.pdf