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try { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) { System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: " + e.getMessage()); }catch(Exception exp){ System.err.print("some exception: "+ exp.getMessage()); } try { // Are you sure 'mysql' is the name of your database con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/mysql","root","root1 234"); } catch(SQLException ex) { System.err.println("-----SQLException-----"); System.err.println("SQLState: " + ex.getSQLState()); System.err.println("Message1: " + ex.getMessage()); System.err.println("Vendor: " + ex.getErrorCode()); } Sunita Dilwali Web Master Jewish Family and Life! 90 Oak Street, Fourth Floor P.O. Box 9129 Newton, MA 02464 Tel: 617-965-7700 x206 Fax: 617-965-7772 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cadbury Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 6:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: why can't my servlet connect to mysql...? hi...it seems that my servlet have problem connecting to mysql... here's a part of my servlet code: --------------------------------------------- public class RegisterUser extends HttpServlet{ public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)throws IOException{ response.setContentType("text/html"); PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter(); try{ Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); java.sql.Connection con; con = DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/mysql?user=root&password=root1234"); } catch (Exception e){ pw.println("\nError: " + e.getMessage()); } } } ----------------------------------------------- i got the error message: Error: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver any idea what did i do wrong here..? cause my another java application can connect to mysql without any problem..using the same syntax as above.. thanx a lot. any help are greatly appreciated. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ________________________________________________________________________ ___ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html