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Asked: 2026-05-15T10:22:29+00:00

I get the following error when attempting to connect to the MySQL database on

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I get the following error when attempting to connect to the MySQL database on my employer’s local server:

Unable to load database driver
Details : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 0 seconds)

I think it’s pretty clear that this is because I don’t have my files set up properly. Only problem is, I don’t know what I need, and where it needs to go. Is the Driver a .class file? Where can I download it? Where in my filesystem (ubuntu, fwiw) do I put the file so that “Class.forName(“com.mysql.jdbc.Driver”).newInstance();” works?

Thanks for all your help, m8s.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, it is a .class file that uses a others .class files. You call all these collections of files, a library and in this particular case, the library is also named: “jdbc driver”.

    These libraries are usually .jar files, so in your case you may try:

    http://www.mysql.com/products/connector/j/

    To download the MySQL JDBC driver.

    You should put it in your classpath

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