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MySQL - MySQL Version 3.23.30-gamma (Windows) JDBC Driver - MM MySQL Driver Version 1.0

Here is the code and what follows is the error

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-- import java.sql.*;

class mysqlTest { public static void main(String[] args) { String driverName = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; String protocol = "jdbc:mysql"; String host = "localhost:3306"; String db = "mysql"; String user = "benjamca"; String pswd = "cbGVL04";

try { Class.forName(driverName); } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }

String url = protocol + "://" + host + "/" + db; Connection con = null;

try { con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pswd); } catch(SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }

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C:\mysql\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.0>java mysqlTest java.sql.SQLException: Communication link failure: Bad handshake at org.gjt.mm.mysql.MysqlIO.init(MysqlIO.java) at org.gjt.mm.mysql.Connection.<init>(Connection.java) at org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver.connect(Driver.java) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at mysqlTest.main(mysqlTest.java:28)

C:\mysql\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.0>

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