import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

// WARNING: do not import com.mysql.jdbc.*
// You must have already installed Connection/J from here: www.mysql.com/downloads
// ...    then login and download the correct version. We have downloaded 5.1

public class LoadDriver {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		try {
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
			System.out.println("Error: Cannot find MySQL JDBC Driver!\n");
			ex.printStackTrace();
			return;
		}

		System.out.println("MySQL JDBC Driver registered\n");
		Connection conn = null;
...
}