ClassNotFoundException com.mysql.jdbc.Driver [duplicate]

Answer 1

I have the same problem but I found this after a long search: http://www.herongyang.com/JDBC/MySQL-JDBC-Driver-Load-Class.html

But I made some change. I put the driver in the same folder as my ConTest.java file, and compile it, resulting in ConTest.class.

So in this folder have

ConTest.class
mysql-connector-java-5.1.14-bin.jar

and I write this

java -cp .;mysql-connector-java-5.1.14-bin.jar ConTest

This way if you not use any IDE just cmd in windows or shell in linux.