SQLException: No suitable driver found [duplicate]

Question

I have a Java class that accesses a MySQL database through JDBC that I use in a JSP running on Tomcat, and I am getting No Driver Found Exception.

I have a method:

private static Statement makeStatement() {
   try{
    com.mysql.jdbc.Driver d = null;
    try{d = new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver();}catch(Exception e){
      System.out.println("ERROR BY NEW DRIVER " + e.toString() + 
      "\n");e.printStackTrace();}
    Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
    return con.createStatement();
   }catch(java.sql.SQLException ex){
      System.out.println("ERROR IN makeStatement " + "\nERROR - " +
      ex.toString() +  "\n ERROR CODE:\n " + ex.getErrorCode() + 
      "\nSQLSTATE:\n " + ex.getSQLStat        e());ex.printStackTrace();}
    return null;
 }

That throws an error at Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); Here is my printout from catalina.out:

  Received Parameters

ERROR IN makeStatement 
ERROR - java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
 ERROR CODE:
 0
SQLSTATE:
 08001
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:602)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:185)
        at message.Message.makeStatement(Message.java:72)
        at message.Message.query(Message.java:79)
        at message.Message.getName(Message.java:225)
        at org.apache.jsp.message_jsp._jspService(message_jsp.java:288)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:548)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
ERROR IN QUERY java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR in getName java.lang.NullPointerException
-----------------------------------

  Received Parameters

        newMessage      =  
        newpassword     = 
        verifypassword  = 
        sendinfo        = 
        username        = Eli
        newusername     = 
        login   = login
        password        = tree
ERROR IN makeStatement 
ERROR - java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
 ERROR CODE:
 0
SQLSTATE:
 08001
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:602)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:185)
        at message.Message.makeStatement(Message.java:72)
        at message.Message.query(Message.java:79)
        at message.Message.validUser(Message.java:195)
        at org.apache.jsp.message_jsp._jspService(message_jsp.java:123)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:548)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
ERROR IN QUERY java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR in validUser java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR IN makeStatement 
ERROR - java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
 ERROR CODE:
 0
SQLSTATE:
 08001
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for 
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:602)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:185)
        at message.Message.makeStatement(Message.java:72)
        at message.Message.query(Message.java:79)
        at message.Message.getName(Message.java:225)
        at org.apache.jsp.message_jsp._jspService(message_jsp.java:288)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:98)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:331)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:329)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:265)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:548)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
ERROR IN QUERY java.lang.NullPointerException
ERROR in getName java.lang.NullPointerException

The only error that matters is the one in makeStatement() as that failing causes all the other errors. I have quadruple checked that I have the correct jar files in my WEB-INF/lib directory and I have restarted Tomcat more times than I would ever want to. I have a separate webapp that uses makeStatement() in a different .java file, and that webapp runs fine. Even weirder is that I have this in the .java:

static {
  System.err.println("\n\nTEST MYSQL ACCESS: dump all relevant tables:");
  dump();
  System.err.println("END OF MYSQL ACCESS ACCESS.");
}

 public static void dump() {
   try {
     readUsers();
     for (UserRecord u: users)
     System.err.println(u.username+" "+u.password);
   } catch (Exception e) {System.err.println(e);}
 }

where readUsers() reads all the users from the database using makeStatement(). This actually works and all the users in the database are printed (not shown here for obvious reasons :) ) and then the driver not found error occurs.

Answer 1

java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found

This exception can have 2 causes:

1. The JDBC driver is not loaded at all.
2. URL does not match any of the loaded JDBC drivers.

Since the driver seems to be loaded (although in an incorrect manner), it look like that the URL is plain wrong. Ensure that the value of your url variable matches the following format

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname

See also:

• Connect Java to a MySQL database

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Unrelated to the concrete problem: Java code doesn't belong in a JSP file. Work on that as well. Your exception handling is also terrible, you should throw the exception (so that it blocks executing the remnant of the code) instead of printing the message/trace and then continue with the code.