java - Openshift - No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql -

i new java , servlet programming. trying host simple application working in localhost. when host openshift, says no suitable driver found jdbc:mysql://127.12.204.2:3306/shifar . want save string database. here code

import java.io.ioexception; import java.io.printwriter; import java.sql.connection; import java.sql.drivermanager; import java.sql.preparedstatement; import java.sql.sqlexception;  import javax.servlet.servletexception; import javax.servlet.http.httpservlet; import javax.servlet.http.httpservletrequest; import javax.servlet.http.httpservletresponse;  public class testservlet extends httpservlet {     private static final long serialversionuid = 1l;      private static final string      host = system.getenv("openshift_mysql_db_host"),      port = system.getenv("openshift_mysql_db_port"),      username = system.getenv("openshift_mysql_db_username"),      password = system.getenv("openshift_mysql_db_password"),      db_name = "shifar";      protected void dopost(httpservletrequest request, httpservletresponse response) throws servletexception, ioexception {          string name = request.getparameter("username");         printwriter pw = response.getwriter();          try {             class.forname("com.mysql.jdbc.driver");         } catch (classnotfoundexception e) {             pw.println("error while loading driver: "+e.getmessage());         }          try {             string url = "jdbc:mysql://" + host + ":" + port +                     "/" + db_name;              connection con = drivermanager.getconnection(url, username, password);             preparedstatement prep = con.preparestatement("insert names (name) value (?)");             prep.setstring(1, name);             int rc = prep.executeupdate();             pw.println("name saved !:"+name+" @ "+ rc);         } catch (sqlexception e) {             pw.println("error while connecting: "+e.getmessage());         }       }  } 

i can't figure out error :(. deployment of application done through git .war

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your servlet container needs access jar file way. instance tomcat might want mysql-connector-java-5.1.35-bin.jar in web-inf folder under application. need focus on classpath , setup of servlet container, regardless of is.

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