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Error connection to postgres db

 
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Hi,
I am trying to connect to postgres db in the jsp.When I run it on apache tomcat, its throwing the error given below.

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1363)
org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1209)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:125)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JasperLoader.loadClass(JasperLoader.java:63)
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)


I had tried out a simple java program with the db connection code and its working.What am I doing wrong
 
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Where did you put the driver jar?
 
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I made a mistake instead of importing the jar into
WEB-INF/lib, I had imported the jar file into META-INF/.
Thanks for you help.
 
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