Cant install mysql driver

Question

hi
i'm very new to java (just curious)
i'm following this tutorial on databases and at certain point i've to use the driver
i went to mysql download this:
mysql-connector-java-3.0.9-stable wherein is the .jar file.
i googled a lot in forums and also read the readme and the sun One Studio 4 update 1 (the version i'm using). Cant find a hint on how to solve it, because when i try to compile i get this error:
"TesteJDBC.java [25:1] unreported exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
^
TesteJDBC.java [25:1] unreported exception java.lang.InstantiationException; must be caught or declared to be thrown
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
^
2 errors
Errors compiling TesteJDBC."
here's the relevant code:
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
i'm using winxp pro, jsdk1.4.1_02 and all the windows updates...
I tried to mount filesystem and also tried the tutorial on java where i define the classpath, in dos... but that didnt work too.
Can someone help me please?
remember i'm very new to this...
thanks in advance

Answer 1

thanks for your answer
i'm not sure about what you exactly mean.
this code is from a book i'm reading. What should i do in order just to test a code that connects and inserts into a database?
my code:
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TesteJDBC {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Connection conn = null;
try {
     // mysql-connector-j-2.0.14-bin.jar tem que estar na CLASSPATH
//String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/pedro"; // jdbc:mysql://localhost/Pedro?user=xxxx&password=yyyy caso
// usassemos controlo de acessos
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/Pedro?user=root&password=***";
String xt;
Statement st;
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
st = conn.createStatement();
xt = "INSERT INTO Teste (id, valor) " + "VALUES(" + args[0] + ", " + args[1] + ")";
System.out.println("String exec:" + xt);
st.executeUpdate(xt);
catch (SQLException e ) {
e.printStackTrace();
catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.out.println("Classe nao encontrada");
catch (InstantiationException e) {
System.out.println("Classe nao instanciada");
catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
System.out.println("Acesso Ilegal");
finally {
if(conn != null ) {
try { conn.close(); }
catch( Exception e ) {}
thank you again