java dbfile -cp /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/class/
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://nyctelecomm.com:3306/test
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:640)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:200)
        at DB.dbConnect(dbfile.java:26)
        at dbfile.main(dbfile.java:8)
[root@beat-box038 brads]# java -cp /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/class dbfile
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: dbfile
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: dbfile
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:264)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:332)
Could not find the main class: dbfile. Program will exit.
[root@beat-box038 brads]# java -cp /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar dbfile
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: dbfile
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: dbfile
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:264)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:332)
Could not find the main class: dbfile. Program will exit.
[root@beat-box038 brads]# java -cp dbfile /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5/1/13/mysql-connector-java-5/1/13-bin/jar
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: .home.brads.mysql-connector-java-5.1.13.mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:264)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:332)
Could not find the main class: /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar. Program will exit.
[root@beat-box038 brads]# java dbfile -cp /home/brads/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13/mysql-connector-java-5.1.13-bin.jar
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://nyctelecomm.com:3306/test
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:640)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:200)
        at DB.dbConnect(dbfile.java:26)
        at dbfile.main(dbfile.java:8)




code:
import com.mysql.jdbc.*;
import java.sql.*;

public class dbfile
{
        public static void main(String[] args)
        {
                DB db = new DB();
                Connection conn=db.dbConnect(
                  "jdbc:mysql://blah.com:3306/test", "brads",
"andreasd");
        }

}

class DB
{
        public DB() {}

        public Connection dbConnect(String db_connect_string,
          String db_userid, String db_password)
        {
                try
                {

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
                        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
                          db_connect_string, db_userid, db_password);

                        System.out.println("connected");
                        return conn;

                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        return null;
                }
        }
};