runtime error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Question

I am new to mysql and jdbc and I am getting the error in this title. I have been searching all day and cannot find a solution that works for me.

What I have tried:

Answer 1

What did you import ? From the documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/connector-j-usagenotes-connect-drivermanager.html

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
// Notice, do not import com.mysql.jdbc.*
// or you will have problems!

Comment:

Why are you using notepad++ ? install an IDE (Eclipse/Netbeans/IntelliJ) - it'll be much easier to locate such problems (un-included jars for example)