java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jdbc.mysql.Driver - Java

Question

so I've been learning to use conections with mysql using JDBC API, but keep on getting the same error,

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jdbc.mysql.Driver

here's my code :

package modelo;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class ConectorBaseDatos {

Class<Connection> clase;
Connection conn;

private String host = "jdbc:mysql:3306//localhost/fifa";
private String user = "root";
public String class_directory = "com.jdbc.mysql.Driver";
private String password = "";
ResultSet result;

public ConectorBaseDatos() {

    try {

        Class.forName(class_directory);


        conn = DriverManager.getConnection(host, user, password);

        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Conección establecida con: "
                + conn.getClass());

    } catch (Exception ex) {

        ex.printStackTrace();
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Error en conección: \n " + ex);

    }

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    new ConectorBaseDatos();
}

}

I have allready imported and added the mysql-connecor.jar as referenced libraries, and just don't know where to go from here, please help.

Answer 1

Referenced libraries are an IDE concept that the VM has no clue about. So you'll need to run your stuff as java -cp mysql.jar:. modelo.ConectorBaseDatos java -cp mysql.jar:. modelo.ConectorBaseDatos -- if you need further assistance, leave a comment.