1. This is not a netbeans question you are asking. 2. There is not enough info, but IMHO you did not include MySQL jar file in you dependencies in your project.
From: Zulfi Khan <zulfi6...@yahoo.com.INVALID> Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 9:23 PM To: NetBeans Mailing List <users@netbeans.apache.org> Subject: mysql connectivity problem with ApachNetbeans 18:Exception: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Hi, Mysql driver error on Apachi netbeans 18.0 Hi, I am working on ubuntu 18.04. mysql version is: mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.42, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper I have written the following code for connecting with database: import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.*; public class Dbconnect { boolean connect(){ Connection con = null; System.out.println("Starts1..."); try { System.out.println("Starts2..."); Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://ebookshop", "root", ""); System.out.println("Starts3..."); if (!con.isClosed()){ System.out.println("Successfully connected to MySQL server..."); Statement stmt = con.createStatement(); String sql = "select * from books"; ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql); String title; String author; float price; int qty; while(rs.next()){ title = rs.getString("title"); author = rs.getString("author"); price = rs.getFloat("price"); System.out.println("title ="+title+"author="+author+"price="+price); } } } catch(Exception e) { System.err.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage()); } finally { try { if (con != null){ con.close(); return true; } } catch(SQLException e) {} } return false; } I am getting the following error: Starts1... Exception: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver Starts2... BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 13 seconds) Somebody, please guide me. Zulfi.