mySQL Driver Class not found

[Shilohcity]

Hi there

I was running Tomcat 3 and connecting to a mySQL db with no worries. Now that I have upgraded to Tomcat 4.0.2 I am getting class not found errors for the mySQL driver. I have tried this in my web-inf/classes/ directory, in the common/lib/ directory all with no luck.

Any ideas most appreciated.

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[pfist]

You are ambiguous as to whether you were using jar or had unzipped the class files out of jar. Sorry for below, I am sure I am stating the obvious.

java classes common to all web applications can go into
tomcat/common/classes and should be visible on restart.

jar's common to all web applications can go into
common/lib and should be visible on restart.

If for a specific application then put class files in app/WEB-INF/classes
and jar's in app/WEB-INF/lib

Maybe the inclusion of the common/ stuff is not working as advertised.
Also, in your application, make sure that WEB-INF directory is really upper case. I recall having problems when it was not.

Best Regards, pfist

 

[pfist]

You are ambiguous as to whether you were using jar or had unzipped the class files out of jar. Sorry for below, I am sure I am stating the obvious.

java classes common to all web applications can go into
tomcat/common/classes and should be visible on restart.

jar's common to all web applications can go into
common/lib and should be visible on restart.

If for a specific application then put class files in app/WEB-INF/classes
and jar's in app/WEB-INF/lib

Maybe the inclusion of the common/ stuff is not working as advertised.
Also, in your application, make sure that WEB-INF directory is upper case. I recall having problems when it was not.

Best Regards, pfist

 

[Shilohcity]

Hi pfist

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have tried both .jar and unzipped class files in all of the locations outlined above. Using Tomcat 3 I had the class files in my webapp Web-INF/classes dir. After uninstalling Tomcat 4 and returning to Tomcat 3 this works fine so it seems to only be under Tomcat 4 this doesn't work for me anyways.

I am open to any further suggestions though...


Thanks
Justin X-) "Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature." Eric Hoffer

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http://www.dfodesign.co.nz

 

[pfist]

I don't have any other suggestions other than I have had different kinds of problems when 'WEB-INF' directory is not all upper case.

Sorry I couldn't help.

pfist

 

[MrTom]

i started working with mmmysql jdbc the other day.
i didn't really know where to put the jar but it's currently in jakarta-tomcat-4.0.4-b1/lib/ and it works.