classnotfound exception in jdbc

Hey guys.i am new to jdbc.i've used mysql.i installed my mysql connector/j in jdk1.6_0_11/jre/lib/ext path.I use netbeans to write my code;

Here is my code

Code:

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package jdbctrial;

import java.sql.*;

/**
 *
 * @author Tariq Ibrahim
 */
public class Main {

    /**
    * @param args the command line arguments
    */
    public static void main(String[] args)throws Exception {
        // TODO code application logic here
       
        try {
      Statement stmt;
      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
      String url =
            "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysql";
      Connection con =
                    DriverManager.getConnection(
                                url,"root", "");
      System.out.println("URL: " + url);
      System.out.println("Connection: " + con);
      stmt = con.createStatement();
      stmt.executeUpdate(
                      "CREATE DATABASE JunkDB");
      stmt.executeUpdate(
          "GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE," +
          "CREATE,DROP " +
          "ON JunkDB.* TO 'auser'@'localhost' " +
          "IDENTIFIED BY 'drowssap';");
            con.close();
    }catch( Exception e ) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }//end catch
  }//end main
}//end class Jdbc11

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i get this exception when running


java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 07)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:301)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 52)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:320)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
at jdbctrial.Main.main(Main.java:24)

Quote:

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ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

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The class in the error message is not being found by the JVM. Find the jar file with that class and add it to the classpath.

set classpath with mysql connector;

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tariq9112003

i've used mysql.i installed my mysql connector/j in jdk1.6_0_11/jre/lib/ext path.

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Don't do this.

Have a lib directory in your Netbeans project folder, and stick your proect dependency jars in there. Do not dump stuff in the ext directory. That's lazy and so so wrong.

Why resurrect a thread that's pushing a year old.
Especially to post something that really isn't all that good.

Your error handling leaves a lot to be desired...you are failing to print any stack traces.
You are also not closing resources ina finally block, which is likely to result in leaks.

And finally, and possibly most egregious since I point out that this is incredibly poor practice in the post just prior to yours, you suggest sticking the JDBC MySQL jar files in the JDK ext directory!

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