java ClassNotFoundException for org.h2.Driver

Question

I am trying to use H2 to connect to a database in Java (using Eclipse as the IDE). The sample does (below) throws a ClassNotFoundException. The thing is, I

Answer 1

In my case (unrelated a bit, but worth mentioning), I added this to my maven pom, and the error message went away:

  
    com.h2database
    h2
    xxx 
  

or if you are only using h2 during unit testing:

  
    com.h2database
    h2
    xxx 
    test