title: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' Tomcat 8 & Eclipse
body: <p>Using tomcat 8 with Eclipse  Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' ::: I have added mysql connecter every where and I still can't connect. </p>
  
  <pre><code>WEB-INF/lib/
  Java Resources/Libraries/
  tomcat/lib/  // however I don't see the jar file in my project 
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  <p>web.xml</p>
  
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  <p>Tomcat Context.xml</p>
  
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