I keep getting Exception:com.mysql.jbdc.Driver when I run the example code in the above tutorial. I am using
jdk1.6.0_16
mysql-connector-java-5.1.10-bin.jar
NetBeans IDE 6.7.1
I can connect to the MySQL database from the command line using the values specified in DriverManage.getConnection function. I can run the example both from NetBeans and from the command line. I get the same results in both cases. I have path to mysql.....-bin.jar, including the filename in my classpath.

I am one dummy! I had jdbc spelled jbdc. Took some time to find. Thanks... Now on to do some queries..

I'm getting the following error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Here's my code:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;

public class MySQLConnection {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("MySQL Connect Example.");
Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/";
String dbName = "jdbctutorial";
String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
String userName = "root";
String password = "password";
try {
Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url+dbName,userName,password);
System.out.println("Connected to the database");
conn.close();
System.out.println("Disconnected from database");
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} // end class MySQLConnection

I get this error on the line: Class.forName(driver).newInstance();
I am running MySQL 5.1
Windows XP SP2
The folder that houses my JDBC driver (5.1) executable jar file, IS ON MY CLASSPATH!