Problem using JDBC driver with JSP

Question

Hi, I am trying to connecto to my mysql server via a JSP page, but it seems that there is a problem with the driver call or something in my configuration that unables me to connect. I have the mysql-connector-java-3.0.7-stable driver.
This is how my classpath looks like:
CLASSPATH=/home/hooper/Sources/mysql-connector-java-4.0.7-stable/lib:/home/hooper/Sources/mysql-connector-java-3.0.7-stable/com:/home/hooper/Sources/mysql-connector-java-3.0.7-stable/mysql-connector-java-3.0.7-stable-bin.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02:.:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/tools.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02
And this is my JSP page code:
<%@ page language="java" import= "java.sql.*"%>
<%
Connection con = null;
     String userName = "hooper";
     String password = ""; //No password
     String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/test";
     //Load the Driver class file
     Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
     //Make a connection to the MySQL database
     con = DriverManager.getConnection (url, userName, password);
     out.println ("Database connection established");
          if (con != null){
               //Close the connection
               con.close();
%>
And this is the error I get from Tomcat4.1.18:
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
root cause
javax.servlet.ServletException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
I hope someone can help me with this.
Thanks,
Luis

Answer 1

Hi..
Try using this way
String userName = "hooper";
String password = ""; //No password
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test";
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");
try to download the driver for mysql and add it to your classpath
Hope this works
Regd
Vasi