JDBC, MySQL and the rudeness of SQLExceptions

Question

Hi there
I'm having an annoying problem (no, really?).
I've got a MySQL database running on a nice little Red Hat Linux server. It works just fine, and I can access it remotely from my windows desktop. So I'm trying to write a little client app.
I'm using Windows XP with Java2 v1.4.01. For my JDBC drivers I'm using Connector/J (formerly mm.mysql). The connector/J jar is in jre\lib\ext. I have also unpacked it to C:\Java\Connector and linked directly to the jar in my CLASSPATH environment variable.
So everything sounds right so far, yeah?
Trouble is, every time I try to connect I get a rude "No Suitable Driver" error. I've searched extensively for material about this problem, but no solution I've tried seems to work. Any comments, suggestions etc will be appreciated.
The test code is quoted below:
import java.sql.*;
public class MySQLClient{
private boolean connected;
private Connection conn;
public MySQLClient(){
     connected = false;
public boolean Connect(String userName, String userPwd){
try {
     

Answer 1

Hmmmm code was cut off. Here it is again.
import java.sql.*;
public class MySQLClient{
private boolean connected;
private Connection conn;
public MySQLClient(){
     connected = false;
public boolean Connect(String userName, String userPwd){
try {
     Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
     conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql:190.100.7.1:3306", userName, userPwd);
     connected = true;
     System.out.println("Connect OK!");     
     } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e){
System.err.println("Can't find the freakin' driver");
     System.err.println(e.getMessage());
     } catch (java.lang.InstantiationException e){
     System.err.println("WTF???");
     System.err.println(e.getMessage());
     } catch (java.lang.IllegalAccessException e){
System.err.println("Illegal access");
     System.err.println(e.getMessage());
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