no mysql connection

:(my pc is installed with fedora-8,LMAP is running.
i installed netbeans 6.1 ide,the databases detected and the tables expanded
easily.project ->java deskstop->databases->jdbc:mysqldriver->compile and run well.
But when come to scripting :(from the tutorial)
import java.sql.*;

public class MysqlConnect{
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("MySQL Connect Example.");
Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
String dbName = "jdbctutorial";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String userName = "root";
String password = "root";
try {
Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName,userName,pa ssword);
System.out.println("Connected to the database");
conn.close();
System.out.println("Disconnected from database");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Connection fails");
}
}
}
results :MySQL Connect Example.
Connection fails.
why?please help!!
thank you.

Add a e.printStackTrace() to that catch block so that you can see why it fails.

In real life do like be told simply "No.", or do you prefer "No, because ...."? It's the same thing with that catch block. Currently you are simply saying "No." without providing any kind of explanation.

Its probably because you do not have the driver installed,
refer to eclipse/10180-connector-j-eclipse-mysql-5-0-x.htm -- That post

i had tried to add e.printStackTrace() as this
import java.sql.*;
public class Main {

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("MySQL Connect Example.");
Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
String dbName = "acc";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String userName = "root";
String password = "";
try {
Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName,userName,pa ssword);
System.out.println("Connected to the database");
conn.close();
System.out.println("Disconnected from database");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// TODO code application logic here
}

}
and results :
init:
deps-jar:
Compiling 1 source file to C:\Documents and Settings\Chia\My Documents\NetBeansProjects\mysql\build\classes
compile:
run:
MySQL Connect Example.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 200)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:3 06)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:276)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 51)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoade r.java:319)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
at mysql.Main.main(Main.java:28)
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)
netbeans comes with build-in mysql-connector-j-5.x.x.x
the java jdk is 1.6 update 2.
the above output is similar to winxp/mandriva2008.
thank you.

Code:

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

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include the mysql jarfile on the classpath when you execute the application.

sorry for this silly question(as a newbie)
what is include the mysql jarfile on the classpath when you execute the application.?i really catch no ball!!!
i really appreciate for details explanation.thank you.

Code:

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java -cp <path to mysqljarfile> yourclass

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See Lesson: Common Problems (and Their Solutions) (The Java™ Tutorials > Getting Started)

or you can simply download the mysql driver as said above and put it in your java local folder

..\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\jre\lib\ext\

Are sure this is works? I have try this few years back, but it doesn't work actually. Only different is at that time I used jdk 1.4

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Eku

or you can simply download the mysql driver as said above and put it in your java local folder

..\Java\jdk1.6.0_05\jre\lib\ext\

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No. It "works", but you should never place anything in the jre language extension library folder. What happens when you upgrade java? You have to copy all the jarfiles there again. What happens when you have two applications that both use the same Java version, but need different
versions of the Driver? What happens (when simply placing all jars in the same folder) two different jars have a class of the same name under the same package, but are completely incompatable? Which one will be loaded when that class is referenced? Also, why should this jar be loaded, and searched, when you start an application that has absolutely nothing to do with MySQL?

You may say this is "far-fetched", but it does happen, and more often than you might think. Some of these are, IMHO, part of the reasons
why Sun released Derby/JavaDB only as part of the JDK, rather than as a part of the JRE.

Again, never, never place anything in jre/lib/ext. That is for language extensions not third party libraries, and for good reason.

thank you for the replies.
i had checked through the forum for *classpath*.there are plenty/countless of newbie stuck with the classpath pheonomena.
i yet to try out yours suggestions ,but i sincerely the forum moderator/admin will come up short tutorial regarding this for wins/linux platform.
thank you.

i think the solution found,just putting the mysql driver to ..\java..\ext directory.
it works for wins / linux.
thank you.

Some people just don't listen. Well, good luck with that.