Having troubles connecting. (1 reply)

Hi,

My code is as follows, which is from http://www.kitebird.com/articles/jdbc.html but slightly modified. (My database is called "mrknowitall"):
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import java.sql.*;

public class Connect
{
public static void main (String[] args)
{
Connection conn = null;

try
{
String userName = "root";
String password = "mypassword";
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/mrknowitall";
Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance ();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url, userName, password);
System.out.println ("Database connection established");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.err.println ("Error message: " + e.getMessage ());
}
finally
{
if (conn != null)
{
try
{
conn.close ();
System.out.println ("Database connection terminated");
}
catch (Exception e) { /* ignore close errors */ }
}
}
}
}
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I am able to compile and run it like so:
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CLASSPATH=mysql-connector-java-5.1.14-bin.jar
javac Connect.java
java Connect
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Problem is that I get this error:
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Error message: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
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Any help much appreciated.