com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver的ClassNotFoundException

Question

this is a repeated question, I know.

But All those questions are seemingly little unrelated to mine or they're ages old.

Steps I've done which I've learnt from previous SO questions and other resources

1.Download sqljdbc driver and add it to class path. I've kept that in

C:\projects\tomcat\webapps\testingfiles\java_files>echo %CLASS_PATH%
C:\projects\tomcat\lib;C:\xampp\tomcat\lib;C:\Program Files\Java;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_112;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112;C:\projects\tomcat\webapps\testingfiles\WEB-INF\lib\sqljdbc4-3.0.jar

1. Here is my sample code

    import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException { Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://grddwmrtwhqipdw;user=ipdwro;password=readonly;database=IPDW_Prod02"); System.out.println("test"); Statement sta = conn.createStatement(); String Sql = "select * from testing_table"; ResultSet rs = sta.executeQuery(Sql); while (rs.next()) { System.out.println(rs.getString("txt_title")); } } } 

   3. And here is my exception

C:\\projects\\tomcat\\webapps\\testingfiles\\java_files>java Main Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)

at Main.main(Main.java:10)

PS please do not downvote this question because it is repeated, I've searched most of the SO questions and none of them actually were helpful for my cause, thanks!

Answer 1

Did you placed 'sqljdbc4-3.0.jar' in your project's lib folder and deployed it? If YES try placing the JAR in TOMCAT's LIB folder "C:\\Program Files\\Apache Software Foundation\\Tomcat 7.0\\lib" and check once.