No suitable driver found (SQLite)

Question

I hope someone can help me. I\'m working on a simple application which connects with an SQLite database. Following is my connection code:

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Answer 1

I got the same problem. I used maven and added dependency:

    
        org.xerial
        sqlite-jdbc
        3.15.1
        
    

It could be compiled and I got:

No suitable driver found for jdbc:sqlite:xx.db

I Checked the classpath and I was sure sqlite-jdbc-3.15.1.jar was there. I guess that for some reason, the Class was not loaded, I don't know why. so I added

Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");

at the beginning of my code. It worked!

And ,I delete the line above. It still works! I cleaned the project and rebuild it, no more Class.forName() is needed!!! I still Don't know why. But the problem is solved. I think Class.forName() can be used for diagnose if the class you need is in the classpath.