Thread: ClassNotFoundException ???

completely new to this part, and took the code with only slight changed from a book so ..

heres what i have

	private static Connection getConection(){
		Connection conect = null;
		try {
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
			String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/players";
			String user = "root";
			String pw = "********";
			conect = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);
		}catch(ClassNotFoundException e){
			System.out.println("Class not Found: " + e.getMessage());
			System.exit(0);
		}catch(SQLException e){
			System.out.println("SQL Error: " + e.getMessage());
			System.exit(0);
		}
		return conect;
	}

and i get "Class not Found: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" when i run it . why doesn't it work ?

notes:
i just installed the mysql java connection
and installed some kind of java database that i though i needed XP

[ >.< it was an eclipse problem XP , i didnt load the jar file to there thinking it wold just recognize it *fails* ]

i had just put that in b4 i started coding that

but encase i did it wrong heres a pic of where i put it and the value of the Classpath var

it still doesnt work even though i have that