database connectivity with mysql server on linux?

Question

mysql server is already installed in linux and driver also.i want to connect my java(core) application with mysql server in linux.but i have ClassNotFoundExcepition in my programe,why plz tell me with solution.my coding is:

import java.sql.* ;

public class exam
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
try
{
Class.forName( "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" ).newInstance();
try
{
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection( "jdbc:mysql://localhost/scholar", "root", null );

try
{
Statement statement = con.createStatement();

ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT NAME FROM STUDENT");

while ( rs.next() )
{
System.out.println( rs.getString( "NAME" ) );
}

rs.close();
statement.close();
}
catch (

Answer 1

It looks like you did not install the JDBC connector for mysql. You can get that here:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/3.0.html

Answer 2

I hope this link will help you.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html