Problems while trying to connect to a MySQL database

Question

Java throws the following exception when I try to run the code: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: DBConnect
I don't know what the problem is. My classpath should be in order, since it doesn't have to point to anything else than the JDBC driver for MySQL to work right?
import java.sql.*;
public class DBConnect {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver");
String sourceURL = "jdbc:mysql:@fyr.cs.auc.dk:3306:e1202";
String user = "xxxxxx";
String password = "xxxxxx";
Connection databaseConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(sourceURL, user, password);
System.out.println("Connection established");
databaseConnection.close();
catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe) {
System.err.println(cnfe);
catch (SQLException sqle) {
System.err.println(sqle);
}

Answer 1

Hi,
I still feel this is the problem in setting the CLASSPATH. Just few tips as it seems u r using Win env.
1 - create a seperate bat file and execute in ur command shell.
2 - Get command shell from Start -> Program files -> etcc.. not using cmd from run. (On some win env u will get prolems)
3 - echo ur CLASSPATH ( Remover SPACES any).
4 - If u put ;.; then execute from that dir where u hv class. Otherise put complete path as c:\..\.. etc
As u mentioned u had checked ur CLASSPATH, but i still feel it has to do something with CLASSPATH.
HTH,
--- hsb