Hello Gianluca, Or use:
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(dbDriver); Instead of: Class.forName(dbDriver); The latter won't find the driver if it isn't immediately within the same classloader as the class calling Class.forName where the first one will find it in parent classloaders, so you can have the driver in $TOMCAT_HOME/lib or $TOMCAT_HOME/common/lib...or WEB-INF/lib if you still want to do that. Jake Thursday, May 02, 2002, 4:31:15 AM, you wrote: >> -----Messaggio originale----- >> Da: # Lalit Nagpal # [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Inviato: giovedì 2 maggio 2002 11.09 >> A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Oggetto: what is needed to connect to mysql >> >> >> >> hello, >> >> plz can anybody tell me how to connect to a mysql database >> through a servlet. i know how to prepare a connection etc >> through code but what other settings are needed. i am using >> tomcat 4 as a standalone. >> >> The error i get is "Class not found org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver" >> >> plz help ... >> GG> Put your jdbc driver for mysql in your {webapp}/WEB-INF/lib/folder ... GG> It should work! GG> Bye, Grava GG> -- GG> To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GG> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GG> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Best regards, Jacob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
