Mysql tomcat config help

Question

im trying to configure mysql5 with tomcat through jdbc.
in tomcat i get the following error: Cannot find suitable driver
i have added the .jar driver file into tomcat\common\lib.
I have written the Defaultcontext configuration as shown below
<DefaultContext>
           <Resource name="jdbc/vuto" auth="Container"
                           type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
           <ResourceParams name="jdbc/vuto">
            <parameter>
                <name>factory</name>
                <value>org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory</value>   
            </parameter>
            <parameter>
             <name>driverClassName</name>
                                  <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
            </parameter>
            <parameter>
            <name>url</name>
                           <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/vuto</value>
           </parameter>
           <parameter>
            <name>username</name>
                                 <value>vuto</value>
           </parameter>
           <parameter>
           <name>password</name>
                                <value>vuto</value>  
           </parameter>
            <parameter>
            <name>maxActive</name>
                                <value>20</value>
            </parameter>
            <parameter>
            <name>maxIdle</name>
                               <value>10</value>
            </parameter>
            <parameter>
            <name>poolPreparedStatements</name>
                             <value>true</value>
            </parameter>
</ResourceParams>
</DefaultContext>and the bean im using is for a JSF application as shown below:
package com.corejsf;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.sql.DataSource;
public class UserBean {
     private String name;
     private String password;
     private boolean loggedIn;
     private Logger logger= Logger.getLogger("com.corejsf");
     public String getName() { return name; }
     public void setName(String newValue) { name = newValue; }
     public String getPassword() { return password; }
     public void setPassword(String newValue) { password = newValue; }
     public String login() {
        try {
             doLogin();
        catch (SQLException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "loginAction",ex);
            return "internalError";
        catch (NamingException ex) {
            logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "loginAction",ex);
            return "internalError";
            if (loogedIn)
                return "loginSuccess";
            else
                return "loginFailure";
public String logout() {
          loggedIn= false;
           return "login"
  public void doLogin() throws SQLException,NamingException {
        Context ctx = new InitialContext();
        if (ctx==null) throw new NamingException("No initial Context");
        DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("java:/comp/env/jdbc/mydb");
        if(ds==null) throw new NamingException("No data Source");
        Connection conn = ds.getConnection();
        if (conn==null) throw new SQLException("No Connection");
        try {
            PreparedStatement passwordQuery = conn.prepareStatement(
                   "SELECT password from Users WHERE username= ?");
                   passwordQuery.setString(1,name);
        if (!result.next()) return;
           String storedPassword = result.getString("password");
           loggedIn = password.equals(storedPassword.trim());
        }Can anyone help me correct this.
Thanks

Answer 1

You may find those tutorials useful:
[http://balusc.blogspot.com/2008/01/jsf-tutorial-with-eclipse-and-tomcat.html]
[http://balusc.blogspot.com/2008/07/dao-tutorial-data-layer.html]
You may skip the JSF part if you don't want to use it for some reasons.