Mac leapord. NetBeans. Mysql and class path

[whitep8]

Hi All,

The code at the bottom of this message is an example (1 of 3 i have tried) of trying to connect to a localhost mysql database.

It wont, and the exception displayed is the one i have set.

Im fairly convinced its something to do with the driver not being installed.

I have downloaded it and unzipped it and installed it, and got the green success tick.

But it still will not connect.

How do i set a class path?
My only other option is to dual boot windows, which i really dont want to do.

import java.sql.*;

   public class Connect
   {
       public static void main (String[] args)
       {
           Connection conn = null;

           try
           {
               String userName = "root";
               String password = "root";
               String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test/";
               Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance ();
               conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url, userName, password);
               System.out.println ("Database connection established");
           }
           catch (Exception e)
           {
               System.err.println ("Cannot connect to database server");
           }
           finally
           {
               if (conn != null)
               {
                   try
                   {
                       conn.close ();
                       System.out.println ("Database connection terminated");
                   }
                   catch (Exception e) { /* ignore close errors */ }
               }
           }
       }
   }

[whitep8]

good evening all,

I finally managed to get this script to work.

I had to javac it with the driver in the same directory and it worked fine.

That leads onto my question, how can i avoid that and get it to run in netbeans?

[Dököll]

Thanks for letting us know that it worked and what you did to arrive at that conclusion, get a load of this link:

http://bytes.com/topic/java/answers/876561-changing-driver-java-desktop-apllication

Also, fire Google, type in "Netbeans Video Tutorials for Web Applications" and get yourself some coffee call it a night.

You should come out happy:-)