PLEASE HELP...Problems connecting to my sql

Question

I can't connect to mysql.
The error message that I have is:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
I already include the file where I installed my driver in the classpath.
when I was working with windows 2000, this was working perfectly. Right now I'm
working with XP. When I went to set my class path, it was not defined in
my environment variables, so I created with my driver's folders.
THIS IS NOT WORKING, IF YOU KNOW ANOTHER WAY TO FIX THIS IN
XP, PLEASE TELL ME HOW..
thx

Answer 1

Did you extract your driver, or did you leave it in zip or jar form?
I believe XP is very similar to 2000 in how you define your classpath variable, but by default one does not exist. If you extracted out your driver classes, make sure that the root of the directory structure is listed in the classpath, not the directory of the actual driver.
ie. If your driver is in c:\drivers\org\gjt\mm\mysql\Driver.class, then you classpath should include
c:\drivers;
if you have not extracted the classes, then you need to include the filename in the classpath
c:\drivers\drivers.jar;