Time for action — installing MySQL connector/J 5.1

You can download the Connector/J 5.1 JDBC driver from MySQL Developer Zone. Just follow the simple steps:

1. Open your web browser and go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/ connector/j/5.1.html. Scroll down until you locate the Source and Binaries (zip) Download link:

   

2. Click on this link to start the download. Select the Save File radio button in the Opening mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.zip dialog and click on the OK button.

3. Once the file has been downloaded, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file.

4. Unzip the file and double-click on the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7 folder. Look for the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.jar file, right-click on it and select Copy:

   

5. Now go to Tomcat's lib folder (C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib), right-click on an empty space in Windows Explorer's right panel and select Paste from the pop-up menu to paste the mysql-connector-java-5.1.7.jar file:

   

6. You can close Windows Explorer and...