mysql-connector-java sadness

(Question at bottom)

OS: FreeBSD 6.0 using the ports collection to install jdk14
# pkg_info | grep jdk
jdk-1.4.2p8_3 Java Development Kit 1.4.2
linux-sun-jdk-1.4.2.11 Sun Java Development Kit 1.4 for Linux

I am trying to use ofbiz with MySQL rather than Derby. I am pretty sure that the
failure is in how jdbc works with MySQL, so I found what I thought would be an
example that would test my setup. I found this code and followed the directions
to run it...

[CODE ...]
package com.stardeveloper.example;

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

public class JdbcExample2 {

public static void main(String args[]) {
Connection con = null;

try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance ();
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/ofbiz", "user",
"password");

if(!con.isClosed())
System.out.println("Successfully connected to " +
"MySQL server using TCP/IP...");

} catch(Exception e) {
System.err.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
} finally {
try {
if(con != null)
con.close();
} catch(SQLException e) {}
}
}
}
[END_CODE... ]

After compiling, (inserting correct login/password) I run it and get...
# java com.stardeveloper.example.JdbcExample2
Exception: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Which seemed to be the same error that "ofbiz" was telling me. I think the java
install is okay, since the application runs fine using the Derby database.

# pkg_info | grep mysql
mysql-client-5.0.20 Multithreaded SQL database (client)
mysql-connector-java-3.1.12 MySQL Connector/J: JDBC interface for MySQL
mysql-server-5.0.20 Multithreaded SQL database (server)

I know MySQL is running fine since I can dink around with it with webmin.

GETTING TO THE QUESTION(s)...
Does anyone have a code snippet that they could share that uses jdbc and mysql
that they could share that they know would work as a "hello world" to prove to
me that I have things configured fine, and just a 1,2,3 proceedure list to make
sure I even am creating the class file okay and am running the way it was intended?

If this is not the correct newsgroup, does anyone have an idea where one would
have mysql-connector-java experts?

--
Walter

Walter Vaughan wrote:
> After compiling, (inserting correct login/password) I run it and get...
> # java com.stardeveloper.example.JdbcExample2
> Exception: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

What type of exception is it? I'm guessing it's a
ClassNotFoundException, caused by your MySQL connector jar not being
found on the CLASSPATH.

This illustrates the problem with "catch (Exception)" -- it obscures the
root cause of the exception. It's better to use a series of "catch
(SQLException)", "catch (ClassNotFoundException)", etc. Basically one
catch block for each exception type that might be thrown in your try
block. That way, you can report and respond to the different types of
exceptions more appropriately.

Or you could take a shortcut and print out the error as follows:
System.err.println(e.getClass().getName() + .getMessage());

Regards,
Bill K.

Bill Karwin wrote:
> System.err.println(e.getClass().getName() + .getMessage());

I missed an e there.

System.err.println(e.getClass().getName() + e.getMessage());

Regards,
Bill K.