import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;

Connection conn ;

//the Driver I'd ultimately like to see working
//Class.forName("org.apache.phoenix.jdbc.PhoenixDriver");

//testing with mysql jar - this line works fine
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

//the connection that throws:
//"java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/lportal-71x-private"
try{
  conn=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/lportal-71x-private", "root", "test");
} catch(Exception e) {
  out.println(e);
}