ClassNotFoundException com.mysql.jdbc.Driver [duplicate]

Answer 1

The most common cause is that you have some conflict in where your classes are loaded from. For example if you have 2 locations and one has JDBC drivers and the other one not then if your classloader loads from the 1st location and some class from the 1st location wants to use the driver - the driver is not there. So look for the duplicate JARs that are using your driver

Answer 2

What did you put exactly in lib, jre/lib or jre/lib/ext? Was it the jar mysql-connector-java-5.1.5-bin.jar or something else (like a directory)?

By the way, I wouldn't put it in lib, jre/lib or jre/lib/ext, there are other ways to add a jar to the classpath. You can do that by adding it explicitly the CLASSPATH environment variable. Or you can use the -cp option of java. But this is another story.

Answer 3

Most of the possible solution has been covered above. From my experience of this issue, i have placed the mysql-connector-jar in the /WEB-INF/lib folder of the webapp module and it worked fine for me.

Answer 4

Ok..May be i can also contribute my solution.. Right click on project -properties -->Deployment assembly...there you need to add the mysql-connector-java.jar and apply it...which makes your prject configured with web-Libraries that has this sql connector...This worked for me.. I hope this works for you guys as well

Answer 5

Just copy the MySQL JDBC drive jar file and paste it to Tomcat or whatever is the server's lib folder. It works for me.

Answer 6

just copy and paste the mysqlconnector jar to your project folder and then build path it will definitely work.