How to connect Java to Mysql? [duplicate]

Question

I got these errors for my Java program. I have already put the mysql-connector-java-5.1.14-bin.jar inside my classpath. How to solve this?

HSystemRDB.java:144: package com.mysql.jdbc does not exist
    Driver driver = new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver();
                                      ^
HTestClassRDB.java:99: package com.mysql.jdbc does not exist
        DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());

The code:

    String url = "jdbc:mysql://wire:3306/h?user="+pSystemRDB.USERNAME+"&password="+pSystemRDB.PASSWORD;
    Connection con;
    Statement stmt;
    String query1 = "Delete from dbase";
    String query2 = "Delete from id";


    try {
        DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Class Not Found Exception:");
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }

Answer 1

You need to download the mysql package from: here and place it inside the library, i'll edit the excact steps in a few min

this is the correct syntax to connect to a database:

try
{
  // create a java mysql database connection
  String myDriver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver";
  String myUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/test";
  Class.forName(myDriver);
  Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(myUrl, "root", "");

  // your prepstatements goes here...

  conn.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
  System.err.println("Got an exception! ");
  System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}

Hope this helps