Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver'

[avtor]

Alfresco 4.2 whith PostgreSQL database.
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 server.

When i try to invoke export/import tools, for example:

java -cp "/mnt/4TB/DST/alfresco/alfresco-4.2/tomcat/lib/servlet-api.jar:classes/alfresco/module:classes:lib/*" org.alfresco.tools.Import -user admin -pwd admin -store workspace://SpacesStore -path sys:system -verbose Zone.xml

i get following message: [alfresco.repo.admin] [main] Using database URL 'jdbc:mysql:///alfresco' with user 'alfresco'.
then: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver'

Alfresco-global.properties contain :
### database connection properties ###
db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
db.username=alfresco
db.password=${password}
db.name=alfresco
db.url=jdbcostgresql://localhost:5432/${db.name}

Please, help me find out, how to correct invoke export/import tools.

[jpotts]

Alfresco is configured to use MySQL by default so if you've got it configured for PostgreSQL in your alfresco-global.properties file but the error message is complaining about MySQL it means your alfresco-global.properties file isn't being read.

Jeff

[avtor]

Thanks a lot. I've copied alfresco-global.properties to tomcat/webapps/alfresco/WEB-INF/classes and and have got connected sucessfully.

[mrogers]

That's the wrong place.   Should you redeploy for some reason your changes will get lost.

The correct place is tomcat/shared/classes

If you are using a version of tomcat that you have installed yourself then you also need to configure the shared.loader in catalina.properties.

[avtor]

When location is tomcat/shared/classes It get error I wrote above.

In catalina.properties :
shared.loader=${catalina.base}/shared/classes,${catalina.base}/shared/lib/*.jar

[mrogers]

very strange.

[avtor]

If add to classpath tomcat/shared/classes it works fine. it's my mistake.

[jonvargas]

Nice to know you solved it. Alfresco's bundled Tomcat is configured to use 'shared/classes' as part of the ClassPath, but newer Tomcat versions doesn't have it.

[tgebeyehu]

i am using alfresco 5 and alfresco maven sdk 2.0. when i update to alfresco 5 and alfresco sdk to 2.0.0 i keep seeing this error as a newbie i got stacked on my project and couldn't figure out how to  solve it. any help.

[sp2]

Is this issue resolved?

I have also same issue.