Re: Problem while connecting to MySQL using JDBC(Solution)

[Sonia Jindal]

i have eclipse 3.3.1.1 with apache tomcat 6 and java 5. whenever i am trying to connect jdbc with eclipse i get this error..please help
HTTP Status 500 -

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type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:541)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:417)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)


root cause

javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:850)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:779)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:192)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)


root cause

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1358)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1204)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:128)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:66)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)
java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:164)
org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:58)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)


note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 logs.