JDBC Driver error

Question

Hello,
I've downloaded MySQL Connector/J 3.0 zip file for the windows box.when I unzipped, had a directory, mysql-connector-java-3.0.10-stable and inside it I had this mysql-connector-java-3.0.10-stable-bin.jar file.I copied this file to j2sdk1.4.1_02/jre/lib/ext and when i try to run the following program, it throws me with error.Any ideas???
Thanks in advance.
public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
System.out.println("Good to go");
} catch (Exception E) {
System.out.println("JDBC Driver error");

Answer 1

I'm guessing it can't find the class, although your code doesn't print any details of the exception. Run a program containing this line of code:System.out.println(System.getProperties().getProperty("java.ext.dirs"));That will tell you where you need to put the jar file.