JDBC driver not found error in monkeyrunner/jython - mysql

Question

I need to Insert something in the DB. im using JDBC as a connector, jython the script, mysql the DB and the script is running in CentOS.
my code looks something like this:
from com.android.monkeyrunner import MonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice, MonkeyImage
from com.ziclix.python.sql import zxJDBC
db=zxJDBC.connect("jdbc:mysql://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:3306/dbname","USER","PASSWORD","org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver")
c=db.cursor() c.execute("INSERT INTO tablename values ('X','X','X')")
before that, I downloaded and decompressed the file from here (in the desktop)
I added the path to classpath by doing this
export PATH=/home/XX/Desktop/mysql-connector-java-5.1.22
and when I ran the script, it gave me this error
zxJDBC.DatabaseError.driver [org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver] not found
what have I done wrong? is the name of the driver name correct? because I just copied it in one of the tutorials that I've seen. or probably did I install the driver correctly?
Thanks.

Answer 1

this is how I managed to solve the error:
Download the JDBC driver here
Extract the tar.gz file anywhere you want.
You will find mysql-connector-java-5.1.22-bin.jar inside that folder. Copy that and paste to (in my case) /%android-sdk%/tools/lib
Add the new location of mysql-connector-java-5.1.22-bin.jar to classpath
do the script like this
from com.android.monkeyrunner import MonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice,
MonkeyImage
from com.ziclix.python.sql import zxJDBC
db=zxJDBC.connect("jdbc:mysql://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:3306/dbname","USER","PASSWORD","com.mysql.jdbc.Driver")
c=db.cursor()
c.execute("INSERT INTO tablename values ('X','X','X')")
db.commit()
Hope this helps to those who will need it in the future. :)

Answer 2

How are you running jython? If you're using the standalone install, i.e. java -jar jython.jar, then from the Java Documentation ...
-jar
When you use this option, the JAR file is the source of all user classes, and other user class path settings are ignored.
... you can't add anything to the classpath. Repackaging the required classes into the jython jar is one approach or this answer has an alternative solution - basically add the jython.jar to the classpath too (either using -cp or CLASSPATH) and run the org.python.util.jython class directly.

Answer 3

I got the sample problem in windows7,I slove this problem by this:
download the JDBC driver
add the mysql-connector-java-ver-bin.jar to envionment variables:
such as:
CLASSPATH : C:\xxx-path\mysql-connector-java-5.1.41-bin.jar
then I slove this problem