From: sangeeta chowdhary on
hey m writing program in java to connect it to mysql.
I have given driver name as
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
but i am getting ClassNotFoundException.
Please help me what shall i do.

From: Mike Schilling on
sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
> hey m writing program in java to connect it to mysql.
> I have given driver name as
> Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
> but i am getting ClassNotFoundException.
> Please help me what shall i do.

Ensure that the jar containing the class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is in your
classpath.


From: sangeeta chowdhary on
On Mar 2, 10:02 am, "Mike Schilling" <mscottschill...(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
> sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
> > hey m writing program in java to connect it to mysql.
> > I have given driver name as
> > Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
> > but i am getting  ClassNotFoundException.
> > Please help me what shall i do.
>
> Ensure that the jar containing the class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is in  your
> classpath.

Thank you sir for your reply.
i have set user variable as mysql and value of this variable is xampp/
mysql/bin/mysql.exe
what else i need to do?
From: Lew on
sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
>>> hey m writing program in java to connect it to mysql.
>>> I have given driver name as
>>> Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
>>> but i [sic] am getting ClassNotFoundException.
>>> Please help me what shall i do.

Mike Schilling wrote:
>> Ensure that the jar containing the class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is in your
>> classpath.

sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
> Thank you sir for your reply.
> i have set user variable as mysql and value of this variable is xampp/
> mysql/bin/mysql.exe

You do not need to do that.

> what else i need to do?

You need to study about the Java classpath and JAR files. You need to
download the MySQL JDBC JAR file if you have not already done so. You need to
include that JAR file in the classpath for your Java program.

<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html>
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html>

--
Lew
From: sangeeta chowdhary on
On Mar 2, 11:44 am, Lew <no...(a)lewscanon.com> wrote:
> sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
> >>> hey m writing program in java to connect it to mysql.
> >>> I have given driver name as
> >>> Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
> >>> but i [sic] am getting  ClassNotFoundException.
> >>> Please help me what shall i do.
> Mike Schilling wrote:
> >> Ensure that the jar containing the class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver is in  your
> >> classpath.
> sangeeta chowdhary wrote:
> > Thank you sir for your reply.
> > i have set user variable as mysql and value of this variable is xampp/
> > mysql/bin/mysql.exe
>
> You do not need to do that.
>
> > what else i need to do?
>
> You need to study about the Java classpath and JAR files.  You need to
> download the MySQL JDBC JAR file if you have not already done so.  You need to
> include that JAR file in the classpath for your Java program.
>
> <http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/windows/java.html>
> <http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/environment/paths.html>
>
> --
> Lew

Please tell me full procedure to sort out this problem.
i will be very thankful to you.
i have set classpath to mysql connector also.
still things are not working.
kindly help me please.