Hi, Thank you, I added the line Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
bt I know get a stack exception saying java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver any idears? -Ted On Dec 7, 10:58 pm, Kamal Chandana Mettananda <lka...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems you haven't loaded the driver from your class. > > Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); > > --------------------------------------- > Kamal Mettanandahttp://lkamal.blogspot.com > > > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 5:16 AM, tedpottel <tedpot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > hHi, > > I’m trying to connect to a MySql databse and keep getting a > > java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql:// > > localhost:3306/mysql > > This is what I did > > 1. installed the driver – > > a. copied the mysql-connector-java-5.1.10-bin to java/jre6/lib/ext > > folder > > 2. wrote the following program > > try { > > String url = > > "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql"; > > Connection con = > > DriverManager.getConnection( > > url,"root", ""); > > con.close(); > > }catch( Exception e ) { > > e.printStackTrace(); > > }//end catch > > > The exception keeps going off. > > - Ted > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Java EE (J2EE) Programming with Passion!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion?...- > >Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java EE (J2EE) Programming with Passion!" group. To post to this group, send email to java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/java-ee-j2ee-programming-with-passion?hl=en?hl=en