Eclipse java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Question

my project is giving the following error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.jerby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver Here is my CreateDatabase code:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
//jj
public class CreateDB {
    private static final String DRIVER = "org.apache.jerby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver";
    private static final String JDBC_URL = "jdbc:derby:test;create=true";
    public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException{
        Class.forName(DRIVER);
        Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(JDBC_URL);
        connection.createStatement().execute("Create table channels");
        connection.createStatement().execute("Inserting values");
        System.out.println("Database created, records inserted.");
    }
}

Answer 1

Since you're using Eclipse, you can right click on your project and within the context menu select: "Build Path" -> "Configure Build Path..."

Click on the Libraries tab and then click the "Add JARs..." button and add the jar file that contains your embedded driver.