Thanks for the confirmation and test code. Evidently java lied about the error, which turned out not to be the driver at all, but a malformed URL. Prepending my URL with "jdbc:mysql://" took care of the problem.
----- Original Message ----
> From: Ralph Martin <email@hidden>
> To: dave d <email@hidden>
> Cc: Ralph Martin <email@hidden>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:57:18 AM
> Subject: Re: JDBC driver in Xcode?
>
> This works for me with the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7-bin.jar file in
> /Library/Java/Extensions folder:
>
> try {
> Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
> } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
> System.err.println("MYSQL JDBC Driver Not Loaded.");
> System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
> System.err.println(e.getMessage());
> System.exit(1);
> }
>
> try {
> System.out.println("Trying to connect...");
>
> String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/thedatabase";
> java.sql.Connection con =
> DriverManager.getConnection(url,"username","password");
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Ralph
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