Note that there are some explanatory texts on larger screens.

plurals
  1. POClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver. JDBC MySQL driver for web application
    primarykey
    data
    text
    <p>So I have a .jar file for the MySQL JDBC driver, it is under my libraries source folder and I have the following code:</p> <pre><code>public static Connection getConnection() throws SQLException { Connection conn = null; try{ Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); String url = "jdbc:mysql://50.56.81.42:3306/GUEST_BOOK"; String user = "user"; String password = "pass"; conn = (Connection) DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); }catch(ClassNotFoundException e){ e.printStackTrace(); }catch(InstantiationException e){ e.printStackTrace(); }catch(IllegalAccessException e){ e.printStackTrace(); } return conn; } </code></pre> <p>However, it always gives me this error:</p> <pre><code>INFO: Server startup in 645 ms java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169) at gbook.DbHelper.getConnection(DbHelper.java:14) at gbook.DbHelper.getGuestBook(DbHelper.java:51) at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:83) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:433) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:389) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:304) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:100) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:929) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:405) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:964) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:515) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:302) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) Dec 1, 2011 1:41:05 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [jsp] in context with path [/JDBC-MySQL] threw exception [javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/mysql/jdbc/Connection] with root cause java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Connection at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1678) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1523) at gbook.DbHelper.getGuestBook(DbHelper.java:52) at org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:83) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) </code></pre> <p>Here's how I added the jar file. I created a lib folder and put the jar inside and then I go to configure build path in eclipse and added the jar inside the lib folder to the project.</p>
    singulars
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    plurals
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
    1. This table or related slice is empty.
 

Querying!

 
Guidance

SQuiL has stopped working due to an internal error.

If you are curious you may find further information in the browser console, which is accessible through the devtools (F12).

Reload