Can' t connect Java with MySQL

Question

My goal is to connect Java with MySQL. I found many solutions on Internet, but I always get the same mistake:
SQLException: No suitable driver
SQLState: 08001
VendorError: 0MySQL works fine alone or with php.Only thing left me to think is that the installed versions are not compatible for this mysql-connector-java-5.0.4
I don't believe that could be a reason.
Installed versions are:
Apache Tomcat 5.5.20 Server
Apache HTTP Server 2.2.4
PHP 5.2.0
MySQL 5.2
jre 1.5.0_11
jdk1.5.0_11
Apache Tomacat JK2 connector Version: 1.2.20 File Name: mod_jk-apache-2.2.3.so
mysql-connector-java-5.0.4
I also set connector in class path: C:\mysql-connector-java-5.0.4;C:\mysql-connector-java-5.0.4\mysql-connector-java-5.0.4-bin.jar;C:\mysql-connector-java-5.0.4\src\com\mysql\jdbc
For installation I used manulas from:
http://apacheguide.org/jsp.php
http://doc.51windows.net/mysql/?url=/MySQL/ch23s03.html
Here is also a test code in java:
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
   public class Connect
       public static void main (String[] args)
           Connection conn = null;
           try {
    conn =
       DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/first_test" +
                                   "user=monty&password=greatsqldb");
    // Do something with the Connection
} catch (SQLException ex) {
    // handle any errors
    System.out.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
    System.out.println("SQLState: " + ex.getSQLState());
    System.out.println("VendorError: " + ex.getErrorCode());
   }i'm desperate, please help or tell me someone who'll know the answer.
Thank You in advance

Answer 1

hey buddy .. it seems yr code is wrong .. in getconnection () method u should also specify the port ,which u r not doing ...
the default port for MySQL is 3306 ... see below i am giving you a sample code ... its working fine .. and dont forget to put the MySQL driver jar path in to classpath and also copy the jar into common/lib folder of your tomcat ....
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class MySQLConnectionTest {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
new MySQLConnectionTest().connTest();
public void connTest() {
          String tableName = "portfolio"; //change as per setting
          String hostName = "10.81.9.39"; // please change for the target database ip or hostname
          String dbPort = "3306"; //change if not using the default
          String dbName = "tradingsystem"; //change as per the given DB name
          String username = "root"; //change as per setting
          String password = "password"; //change as per setting
          System.out.println("before try");
          Double data=0.0;
     Double data1=0.0;
          try {
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");
               System.out.println("before driver manager");
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://"+hostName+":"+dbPort+"/"+dbName, username, password);
String query1 = "select * from "+tableName+" where User_id='trader1' and Stock_Type='Equity'";
System.out.println("quesry1="+query1);
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs1 = stmt.executeQuery(query1);
while(rs1.next())
     System.out.println("hiiiiii for rs1");
     System.out.println(rs1);
     Quantity=(Integer)rs1.getObject(5);
     MarketPrice=(Double) rs1.getObject(8);
     data=Quantity*MarketPrice;
     data1+=data;
     System.out.println("data1="+data1);
     i=0;
rs1.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
} catch (SQLException e) {
e.printStackTrace(System.err);
i hope it will work for u...
cheers,