I just started with the connectivity and tried this example. I have installed the necessary softwares. Also copied the jar file into the /ext folder.Yet the code below has the following error
import java.sql.*; public class Jdbc00 { public static void main(String args[]){ try { Statement stmt; Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql" DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root", "root"); //Display URL and connection information System.out.println("URL: " + url); System.out.println("Connection: " + con); //Get a Statement object stmt = con.createStatement(); //Create the new database stmt.executeUpdate( "CREATE DATABASE JunkDB"); stmt.executeUpdate( "GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE," + "CREATE,DROP " + "ON JunkDB.* TO 'auser'@'localhost' " + "IDENTIFIED BY 'drowssap';"); con.close(); }catch( Exception e ) { e.printStackTrace(); }//end catch }//end main }//end class Jdbc00 But it gave the following error
D:\Java12\Explore>java Jdbc00 java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source) at Jdbc00.main(Jdbc00.java:11) Could anyone please guide me in correcting this?
