How to install JDBC driver in Eclipse web project without facing java.lang.ClassNotFoundexception

Question

There is a VERY similar question to mine but in my case I don\'t have any duplicate jars in my build path, so the solution does not work for me. I\'ve searched google for a

Answer 1

Many times I have been facing this problem, I have experienced ClassNotFoundException. if jar is not at physical location.

So make sure .jar file(mysql connector) in the physical location of WEB-INF lib folder. and make sure restarting Tomcat by using shutdown command in cmd. it should work.