Re: JDBC Install Help?

"Frank McAuley" <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:36:48 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.db.mysql.java
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Are you placing the .jar file in your class path?  If so I don't think that
you would need to open the jar.

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Carl Forgey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello List;
>
> I'm trying to install the mysql-connector-java-5.1.6 on a Windows XP box,
> and when I run the .jar file, I get a message "Failed to load Main-Class
> manifest attribute from:" and then the path to the jar file.
>
> I know my java install is good, as I can compile and run java code from
> directory on my machine.
>
> Why is this the fail, and how do I correct it?
>
> Carl Forgey
>