JDBC MySQL Driver

Quote kuldeep:

hello frnds

i do have in configuring the mysql

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
// Notice, do not import com.mysql.jdbc.*
// or you will have problems!
public class LoadDriver {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
// The newInstance() call is a work around for some
// broken Java implementations
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
} catch (Exception ex) {
// handle the error
}
}


it gives the exception:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver


and using the following also

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
... try {
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( "mysql","username","password");
....
} catch (SQLException ex) {
// handle any errors
System.out.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
System.out.println("SQLState: " + ex.getSQLState());
System.out.println("VendorError: " + ex.getErrorCode());
}


gives the same exception:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

i have included the .jar file of the driver in to the web-inf/lib of the Tomcat and also in to the Java Home directory i.e. jre/lib/ext ....
and still facing these problems

plz do help me