java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver comes up at Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();

Question

Code:

            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

            mysql = new MySQL("localhost", 3306, "test", "root", "");
            MySQL.connect();

Exception:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:602)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:522)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:340)
    at me.veteranfighter.discordbot.Discordbot.main(Discordbot.java:30)

I also tried Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); that didn't work either

I use java 14 and have already implemented the MySQL connection jar.

Maybe someone can help. Would be very grateful...

Answer 1

make sure you've mysql-connector.jar in your Classpath. "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" must be present in the classpath in order to successfully connect to MySQL database.

you can download from :- https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/