Thread: ClassNotFoundException Mysql

following is my java code. m new to java and trying to connect with mysql. i have added mysql-connector.jar in jre/lib/ext and jre/lib
but still m getting this exception. i m using textpad and running mysql in xampp server. what wrong m doing as m getting the exception every time i try to run. please help

 
import java.sql.*;
 
class MysqlCon{
public static void main(String args[]){
try{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
 
//Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test","root","root");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1:3306/test","root","root");
//here test is the database name, root is the username and root is the password
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
 
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("select * from person");
 
while(rs.next())
System.out.println(rs.getInt(1)+"  "+rs.getString(2)+"  "+rs.getString(3));
 
con.close();
 
}catch(Exception e){
 
	//System.out.println(e);
	e.printStackTrace();
 
 
}
 
}
}