Mysql CLASS on Sun ONE, need help!

Question

I am trying to set the classpath for Mysql on my computer, to develop a application in hava with mysql.
And I did exactly that:
"Put mysql-connector-j-2.0.14-bin.jar in your classpath, either by adding the FULL path to it to your CLASSPATH enviornment variable, or putting it in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext."
I putted in the $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext. directory.
I got that from the readme file that comes with the mysql file that I downloaded from the mysql.com website.
But wherener I type "import[space]" it shows the list of the possibles packeges to import, but it does not shows the mysql packeges. I am using SUN ONE 4 CE. PLEASE somebody help!!!
I am on windows XP.
Thanks in advanced...

Answer 1

Connection connection = null;
    try {
        // Load the JDBC driver
        String driverName = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; // MySQL MM JDBC driver
        Class.forName(driverName);
        // Create a connection to the database
        String serverName = "localhost";
        String mydatabase = "mydatabase";
        String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + serverName +  "/" + mydatabase; // a JDBC url
        String username = "username";
        String password = "password";
        connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        // Could not find the database driver
    } catch (SQLException e) {
        // Could not connect to the database
    }This will give you your connection, and from there do you know how
to execute queries??