Error in mysql database connection

Question

hi
this ramesh again........
i tried to run below code :
import java.sql.*;
public class MysqlConnect{
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          System.out.println("MySQL Connect Example.");
          Connection conn = null;
          String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
          String dbName = "lux1";
          String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
          String userName = "luxmi";
          String password = "luxmi";
          try {
               Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
               conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName,userName,password);
               System.out.println("Connected to the database");
               conn.close();
               System.out.println("Disconnected from database");
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
but getting error message like:
C:\Documents and Settings\Luxmi\My Documents\db vehiclefiles>java MysqlConnect
MySQL Connect Example.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at MysqlConnect.main(MysqlConnect.java:13)
C:\Documents and Settings\Luxmi\My Documents\db vehiclefiles>
plz help me out..........
thanks............
ramesh

Answer 1

your error means that your program can not load the class specified.
you have to put the driver jar file (in mysql case it named "mysql-connector-java-3.1.12-bin.jar") put it in your class path.
the easiest and famous class path is:
%JAVA_INSTALLATION_PATH%\jre\lib\extGood Luck
Ahmad Elsafty