No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql from tomcat 8.0 - mysql

Question

I am trying application in tomcat 8.0, but I get the error
org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://ip:3306/DURGA_DEV?characterEncoding=UTF-8
at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.getConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:80) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.execute(JdbcTemplate.java:630) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.query(JdbcTemplate.java:695) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.query(JdbcTemplate.java:727) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.query(JdbcTemplate.java:737) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate.query(JdbcTemplate.java:787) ~[spring-jdbc-4.1.6.RELEASE.jar:4.1.6.RELEASE]
I am using the
Tomcat 8.0.21
Spring 4.1.6
Mysql Conector : mysql-connector-java-5.1.27.jar
My context.xml file is given below.
context.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-4.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-4.1.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-4.1.xsd">
<bean id="datasourceProperties"
class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
<property name="locations">
<list>
<value>classpath:META-INF/config/datasource.properties</value>
</list>
</property>
<property name="ignoreUnresolvablePlaceholders" value="true"/>
</bean>
<bean id="batchUpdateDataSource"
class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource">
<property name="driverClassName">
<value>com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource</value>
</property>
<property name="url">
<value>${jdbc.components.url.DURGA}</value>
</property>
<property name="username">
<value>${jdbc.components.userName.DURGA}</value>
</property>
<property name="password">
<value>${jdbc.components.password.DURGA}</value>
</property>
</bean>
<bean id="batchJDBCTemplate" class="com.nri.durga.maf.batch.MafBatchJdbcTemplate">
<constructor-arg
type="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource"
ref="batchUpdateDataSource" />
</bean>
<bean id="GLOBAL"
class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource"
p:URL="${jdbc.components.url.GLOBAL}"
p:user="${jdbc.components.userName.GLOBAL}"
p:password="${jdbc.components.password.GLOBAL}">
</bean>
<bean id="DURGA"
class="com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource"
p:URL="${jdbc.components.url.DURGA}"
p:user="${jdbc.components.userName.DURGA}"
p:password="${jdbc.components.password.DURGA}">
</bean>
<bean id="global-tm" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="global-em" />
<property name="dataSource" ref="GLOBAL" />
</bean>
<bean id="durga-tm" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
<property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="durga-em" />
<property name="dataSource" ref="DURGA" />
</bean>
<tx:annotation-driven transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>
<bean id="jpaVendorAdapter" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter">
<property name="showSql" value="false" />
<property name="generateDdl" value="false" />
<property name="databasePlatform" value="${jpa.hibernate.dialectClass}" />
</bean>
<bean id="global-em" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean"
p:packagesToScan="com.nrift.finch.*.model, com.nrift.finch.*.domain"
p:dataSource-ref="GLOBAL"
p:jpaVendorAdapter-ref="jpaVendorAdapter" />
<bean id="durga-em" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean"
p:packagesToScan="com.nri.durga.*.model, com.nri.durga.*.domain"
p:dataSource-ref="DURGA"
p:jpaVendorAdapter-ref="jpaVendorAdapter" />
</beans>
datasource.properties
jdbc.components.all=GLOBAL
# Setting for GLOBAL component
jdbc.components.url.GLOBAL=jdbc:mysql://ip:3306/DURGA_DEV
jdbc.components.userName.GLOBAL=usr
jdbc.components.password.GLOBAL=pswd
jdbc.components.minLimit.GLOBAL=1
jdbc.components.maxLimit.GLOBAL=200
jdbc.components.initialLimit.GLOBAL=1
jdbc.components.queryTimeout.GLOBAL=0
# Setting for DURGA component
jdbc.components.url.DURGA=jdbc:mysql://ip:3306/DURGA_DEV
jdbc.components.userName.DURGA=usr
jdbc.components.password.DURGA=pswd
jdbc.components.minLimit.DURGA=1
jdbc.components.maxLimit.DURGA=200
jdbc.components.initialLimit.DURGA=1
jdbc.components.queryTimeout.DURGA=0
# Datasource properties Mysql
jdbc.database.driverClass=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
jpa.hibernate.dialectClass=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect

Answer 1

This means that your mysql driver jar is not in the classpath. Make sure that it is in "$CATALINA_HOME/lib"

Answer 2

I head a similar problem when deploying my application and starting Tomcat from Eclipse.
After building the war and copying it manually to the webapps folder it was working.
My setup is very much as described in this question:
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver
The Driver class was in Tomcat's lib folder, but it seems, my config.xml was not loaded, when deployed from Eclipse into wtpwebapps.