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MySql + JSP connectivity problem

Posted by Dhiraj Agrawal on January 17, 2002 at 1:47 AM

Hi ,
I m trying to connect to mysql with jsp using tomcat with following connection string :
Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/testdhiraj?user=root&password=dh");
Statement statement = con.createStatement();

then i get an error :
java.sql.SQLException: Communication link failure: Bad handshake

can you help me solve this problem
Dhiraj Agrawal
Dhiraj_agrawal@yahoo.com