Expanding the zip into the lib/ext/ is perhaps not the best idea.
Expand it elsewhere, and copy the JAR file to the lib/ext/ folder.
Also, you don't need to make an instance of the Driver. The static initializer
will register the class with the DriverManager.
Niclas
On Thursday 17 October 2002 21:25, Lee Denny wrote:
> I'm trying to use the mm.mysql JDBC drivers on windows NT
>
> I've just downloaded the mysql-connector-java-2.0.14.zip file and extracted
> it into my jdk1.2.2/jre/lib/ext folder.
>
> I try to connect with
>
> import java.sql.*;
> public class dbconnect
> {
> public static void main(String[] args)
> {
> String url = "jdbc:mysql://mydomain.co.uk/mydatabase";
> String username = "****";
> String password = "****";
> // Load database driver if not already loaded
> try
> {
> Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance() ;
> Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url,
> username, password);
>
> ...
>
> And get the error 'ClassNotFoundException'.
>
> I've tried the class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' as suggested by the
> documentation in the .zip file but this gives the same error. I'm obviously
> putting the class files in the wrong place - but this is my first crack at
> Java so need help.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>
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