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Java Connecting to remote MySQL database

I’m trying to connect to MySQL database in Eclipse and Java using the following code:

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

But, I get the following error:

    MySQL Connect Example.
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:186)
    at Expertise.main(Expertise.java:57)

Answer 1

You need to add the mysql jdbc driver jar to your classpath.