title: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException in spite of using CLASSPATH environment variable
body: <p>I am trying to connect to mysql database using java on windows7. In spite of adding the complete url of jdbcdriver jar file in CLASSPATH, java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
  is thrown. Could anyone tell me what i am missing here? It works if I add the jar file in project library but I want to do it by CLASSPATH itself.
  My classpath looks like this-
  C:\jython2.5.1\javalib\mysql-connector-java-5.1.12-bin.jar</p>
  
  <p>I want to make it clear that this is not the actual project i am working on. I am actually using Django with Jython, which requires the JDBC driver to access the database. That is the reason why I have to do it using CLASSPATH only.</p>