Applet, Connector/J, unable to load driver

Question

I have written an Applet that is using the Connector/J com.mysql.jdbc.Driver to connect. When I compile and run the Applet with VisualCaf� and the AppletViewer, it is able to load the driver, access the database, exectue queries, etc. The problem occurs when I upload my files to the webspace.
My Applet loads, but when it tries to load the driver, these are the exceptions that I catch:
"Error loading class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError
Failed to initialize driver: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
Here is the code having the problem:
import java.sql.*;
public DatabaseConnection()
// First, we initialize the driver.
try
//System.out.println("Initializing Driver...");
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
//Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();
//System.out.println("Driver initialized.");
catch (Exception e)
System.out.println("Failed to initialize driver: " + e);
On my webspace, I have included the mysql-connector-java-3.0.8-stable-bin.jar file in the same directory as my main class file. In the HTML code, I use the ARCHIVE tag and give it that .jar file. I have even un-jarred the file, retaining the original directory structure and placed those in the same directory. The .jar file seems to download when I go to the page and load the Applet.
Is there something I'm missing that lets the Applet load the Driver? The Driver i'm using is a Type 4 Driver, which should be useable by an Applet.
Any help would be very much appreciated - I've struggled with this for a long time, now.

Answer 1

For anyone else out there using the Connector/J driver to make an Applet connect to a mySQL database, read on.
The mysql-connector-java-3.0.8-stable-bin.jar does not work with Applets. At least, it would not work for me after trying many different things. So, I downloaded an earlier version: mysql-connector-java-2.0.14-bin.jar and everything worked fine (!!!).
I hope this helps someone else with the same problem!! If the number of forums with very similar postings that i've run across is any indication, there are a lot of people having this problem!