From: Date: February 11 2003 6:19pm
Subject: Re: No suitable driver error
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Shankar Unni wrote:
>>Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:TestDB");
> 
> 
> That's not what a valid JDBC URL looks like for MySQL. The official spec
> is:
> 
>  
> jdbc:mysql://[hostname][:port]/dbname[?param1=value1][&param2=value2]...
> 
> The shortest form of this for you, if the client is on the same host as
> the mysql server, is
> 
>   jdbc:mysql:///TestDB
> 
> It's better form to mention at least the hostname, though, to make this
> explicit:
> 
>   jdbc:mysql://localhost/TestDB
> 
> Unfortunately the only documentation available for Connector/J is on the
> sourceforge site for an old version of mm.mysql driver:
> 
>   http://mmmysql.sourceforge.net/doc/mm.doc/book1.htm.
> 
> Mark: the www.mysql.com site has *no* pointers to this documentation.
> Any chance of getting an updated version of this documentation into the
> mysql.com site?

The README that comes with Connector/J is always up-to-date and quite 
verbose and includes a troubleshooting section. There is web-based 
documentation in the works, but for now, your best bet for timely 
information is the README.

	-Mark

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