[FIXED] The import com.mysql.jdbc.Connection cannot be resolved

Issue

How to solve this problem? I have downloaded and imported the "mysql-connector-java" to my build-path project, but still issue. It seems the library doesn't have the Connection class?

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Solution

Your referenced library looks correct but you have imported a wrong class. You should import java.sql.Connection instead of com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.

Some other important imports are as follows:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;

There are hundreds of good tutorials (e.g. this) available on the internet.

Answered By - Arvind Kumar Avinash
Answer Checked By - Senaida (JavaFixing Volunteer)