How to use mySQL with Apache Tomcat 6 - mysql

Question

I was using MS-Access and Tomcat 6.0 previously for my application testing and it was working fine.
Now I want to use mySQL database through Apache Tomcat 6.0. I have WAMP server installed on my computer and I want to connect to the mySQL server. I have succesfully created a database on it. I have put mysql-connector-java-5.1.9, mysql-5.0.85-win32 , mySQL driver in lib of tomcat 6.0 as well as that of my application to ensure it is in classpath. I have following code in my jsp.
Driver d = (Driver)Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:3306///tmp/mysql.sock",
"admin", "admin");
[wampmysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
I am getting error as
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1387)
at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:128)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:66)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at org.apache.jsp.insert_jsp._jspService(insert_jsp.java:78)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:374)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:342)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:267)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:293)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:859)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:574)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1527)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
What changes do I have to make in my web.xml file/server manager?

Answer 1

Did you download the MySQL JDBC driver from
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/connector-j.html
Is that jar file in your classpath? The error you are showing indicates that the MySQL JDBC Driver IS NOT in your classpath.

Answer 2

I have put mysql-connector-java-5.1.9 , mysql-5.0.85-win32 , MS sql driver in lib of tomcat 6.0 as wel as that of my application to ensure it is in classpath.
First, what are the actual files?
mysql-connector-java-5.1.9 - I'm assuming this is the JDBC driver - the actual file should be mysql-connector-java-5.1.9-bin.jar
mysql-5.0.85-win32 - what is this? The MySql installer? If so, you don't need this.
MS sql driver - I thought you wanted MySQL?
Second - "in lib of tomcat 6.0 as wel as that of my application to ensure it is in classpath." - Don't do this... it needs to be in one or the other - not both.
Third - "jdbc:mysql:3306///tmp/mysql.sock" - isn't a correct JDBC connection URL - it's something like - jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/databaseName
You should be able to copy mysql-connector-java-5.1.9-bin.jar into either your Tomcat lib directory or packaged in your WAR's lib directory, and then use the correct JDBC connection string to connect to this database in your code.
There's a page on how to set up many databases (including MySQL) as a JNDI DataSource in Tomcat 6.0 - this is above and beyond what you're trying to do here, but the initial steps are the same, and it provides some example configurations.

Answer 3

You have to put the mysql driver JAR file in apache-tomcat/common/lib/ directory
You can download it from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html
You need to put the mysql-connector.jar there

Answer 4

con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/project","admin", "admin");
Note there was : missing before local host.