Maven - java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Question

I have a Java app based on Maven, and want to connect to MySQL server.

My pom has:

    mysql
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Answer 1

The answer is here - How can I create an executable JAR with dependencies using Maven?

I needed to build an uber pom, using the answer in the link above - this builds in the dependencies (in this case the mysql jar file) into a single SNAPSHOT jar file.

Just make sure you run it with mvn clean compile assembly:single (not the usual mvn clean package or whatever.