No suitable driver found for jdbc:h2:tcp

Question

an java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/~/ZadatakDB is thrown when I try to connect to h2 database using a java web application.

Answer 1

The JDBC driver for the H2 database is not in the classpath, or the driver is is unloaded. Use this to load the driver class:

Class.forName("org.h2.Driver");

Answer 2

For a maven project ensure that <scope> of com.h2database dependency is not set to test. I removed the scope completely for my dependency and the issue was resolved.