when you say "in the classpath ;-)", where exactly did you place it in the directory structure of tomcat?
-----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AW: why can't my servlet connect to mysql...? moin, in the classpath ;-) < Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); > u can see this driver in ure gui ? sorry im using eclipse ... greetz heinz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Guy Katz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2004 14:09 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: why can't my servlet connect to mysql...? > > > where did you put your driver jar? > > -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's > Java Servlet API > Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cadbury > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:15 PM > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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