All, thanks for the help earlier. I downloaded the latest version of the mm.mysql driver and I put the jar file in the jre/lib/ext/ directory, but I am still having problems. Any help would be great. I am just startng out with this, so please be patient with me. Thanks.

--------------------- Code:

--------------------- import java.sql.*;

public class DB { public static void main(String[] args) { String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; String protocal = "jdbc:mysql"; String host = "localhost"; String database = "mysql";

Connection con = null;

try { Class.forName(driver).newInstance(); } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }

String url = protocal + "://" + host + "/" + database;

try { con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, args[0], args[1]); System.out.println("Connection Successful! Closing ..."); con.close(); } catch(SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }

------------------------------ Error:

------------------------------ java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source) at DB.main(DB.java:16) java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source) at DB.main(DB.java:27)

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