title: Cannot create JDBC driver of class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver' using Jmeter
body: <p>I have set up all my thread groups,jdbc config connection and jdbc request correctly along with all the required jar files in the same folder where apache jmeter is installed but I am not sure why I keep getting the below response in the View Results Tree when I try running a simple SQL command. I have googled so much on internet but I couldn't find any resolution for this error. Could somebody who has JMeter expertise help me in solving this problem. Thank you so much in advance.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Error :-</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code> Response message: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot create JDBC driver of class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver' for connect URL ':jdbc:sqlserver://SDGRD-20\SQL2016:59954;databaseName=AIRProject'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>JDBC Connection Config:-</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>Database URL: :jdbc:sqlserver://ABC\SQL2016:59954;databaseName=Mydatabasename
  JDBC Driver class: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver 
  </code></pre>
  
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