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Thread: ClassNotFoundException ???

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    Default ClassNotFoundException ???

    completely new to this part, and took the code with only slight changed from a book so ..

    heres what i have
    	private static Connection getConection(){
    		Connection conect = null;
    		try {
    			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
    			String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/players";
    			String user = "root";
    			String pw = "********";
    			conect = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);
    		}catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
    			System.out.println("Class not Found: " + e.getMessage());
    			System.exit(0);
    		}catch(SQLException e){
    			System.out.println("SQL Error: " + e.getMessage());
    			System.exit(0);
    		}
    		return conect;
    	}

    and i get "Class not Found: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" when i run it . why doesn't it work ?

    notes:
    i just installed the mysql java connection
    and installed some kind of java database that i though i needed XP

    [ >.< it was an eclipse problem XP , i didnt load the jar file to there thinking it wold just recognize it *fails* ]
    Last edited by wolfgar; November 28th, 2009 at 04:38 PM.
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    Default Re: ClassNotFoundException ???

    You need the MySQL connector jar file on your classpath.

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    Default Re: ClassNotFoundException ???

    i had just put that in b4 i started coding that

    but encase i did it wrong heres a pic of where i put it and the value of the Classpath var

    it still doesnt work even though i have that
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    Last edited by wolfgar; November 21st, 2009 at 06:19 PM.
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