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Praveenkumar Beedanal
Praveenkumar Beedanal

Reputation: 834

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

I have seen many solutions in Stack Overflow but none of them worked for me. So I am getting this exception. My pom.xml code is here

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
  <dependency>
<groupId>mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
<version>5.1.38</version>
</dependency>

I have added jar file in tomcat/lib folder also. But nothing is working for me.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 279

Answers (1)

DarkCygnus
DarkCygnus

Reputation: 7838

You should rebuild your Maven project after adding new dependencies, either directly on Eclipse if you have the m2e built-in support (which you should, as explained and recommended in this question),

By right-clicking on the project name and then doing Maven->Update project (as @BackSlash suggests)

Also, looking at your pom.xml you are not nesting that <dependency> inside the <dependencies> tag, my db connector (postgress) looks something like this:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
        <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
        <version>42.0.0.jre7</version>
    </dependency>

    ... more <dependency> here...
</dependencies>

You can check this great link that explains how to write pom.xml files when creating and building Java projects with Maven.

Edit:

Remember to call the driver exactly like "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver", with capital 'd'.

Upvotes: 1

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