Exception on loading JDBC-ODBC driver

Question

I am getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException on loading sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver using Class.forName().

I am using MySQL

Answer 1

Are you using Java 8? The class is no longer present there (more info). You could install Java 7 if you need to use it.

Answer 2

This happened to me once, and what i did was importing the mysql jdbc library that came with the product when i downloaded it, after that i used the driver as it is explained in the page:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/connector-j-usagenotes-connect-drivermanager.html

hope this could help you