# Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-find-database-driver-com-mysql-jdbc-driver/1262 "2011-05-06T17:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agileconsultingdotbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@agileconsultingdotbi](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/agileconsultingdotbi)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-find-database-driver-com-mysql-jdbc-driver/1262/1 "2011-05-06T17:05:00Z")
Hi all, I’ve got the following setup in my project, but I’m unable to use - [INFO] — liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1:update (update) @ vem-client — [DEBUG] org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:jar:2.0.1: [DEBUG]    mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:5.1.16:runtime [DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]    org.apache.maven:maven-project:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-profile:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-artifact-manager:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]          org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:1.0.4:compile [DEBUG]       org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:jar:2.0:compile [DEBUG]       org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:1.0-alpha-8:compile [DEBUG]          junit:junit:jar:4.8.1:test (scope managed from compile) (version managed from 3.8.1) [DEBUG]          classworlds:classworlds:jar:1.1-alpha-2:compile [DEBUG]    org.liquibase:liquibase-core:jar:2.0.1:compile [DEBUG] Created new class realm plugin\>org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1 [DEBUG] Importing foreign packages into class realm plugin\>org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1 [DEBUG]   Imported:  \< maven.api [DEBUG] Populating class realm plugin\>org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1 [DEBUG]   Included: org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:jar:2.0.1 [DEBUG]   Included: mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:5.1.16 [DEBUG]   Included: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:jar:1.0.4 [DEBUG]   Included: org.liquibase:liquibase-core:jar:2.0.1 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-plugin-api:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-project:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-profile:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-model:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-artifact-manager:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-repository-metadata:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.apache.maven:maven-artifact:jar:2.0 [DEBUG]   Excluded: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-container-default:jar:1.0-alpha-8 [DEBUG]   Excluded: junit:junit:jar:4.8.1 [DEBUG]   Excluded: classworlds:classworlds:jar:1.1-alpha-2 [DEBUG] Configuring mojo org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1:update from plugin realm ClassRealm[plugin\>org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1, parent: sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@3326b249] [DEBUG] Configuring mojo ‘org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1:update’ with basic configurator --\> [DEBUG]   (f) changesToApply = 0 [DEBUG]   (f) clearCheckSums = false [DEBUG]   (f) dropFirst = false [DEBUG]   (f) emptyPassword = false [DEBUG]   (f) includeArtifact = true [DEBUG]   (f) includeTestOutputDirectory = true [DEBUG]   (f) logging = INFO [DEBUG]   (f) project = MavenProject: com.company.client:the-client:1.0-SNAPSHOT @ /Users/…/trunk/client/pom.xml [DEBUG]   (f) promptOnNonLocalDatabase = true [DEBUG]   (f) propertyFile = target/classes/liquibase.properties [DEBUG]   (f) propertyFileWillOverride = true [DEBUG]   (f) verbose = false [DEBUG] – end configuration – [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Parsing Liquibase Properties File [INFO]   File: target/classes/liquibase.properties [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: changeLogFile [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: verbose [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: password [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: url [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: driver [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: dropFirst [DEBUG]   properties file setting value: username [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD FAILURE [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 3.157s [INFO] Finished at: Fri May 06 02:52:11 PDT 2011 [INFO] Final Memory: 5M/81M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1:update (update) on project vem-client: Error setting up or running Liquibase: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver -\> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.liquibase:liquibase-maven-plugin:2.0.1:update (update) on project vem-client: Error setting up or running Liquibase: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:217)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:153)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:145)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:84)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleModuleBuilder.buildProject(LifecycleModuleBuilder.java:59)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.singleThreadedBuild(LifecycleStarter.java:183)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.LifecycleStarter.execute(LifecycleStarter.java:161)     at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:319)     at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:534)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196)     at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:409)     at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:352) Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: Error setting up or running Liquibase: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver     at org.liquibase.maven.plugins.AbstractLiquibaseMojo.execute(AbstractLiquibaseMojo.java:306)     at org.apache.maven.plugin.DefaultBuildPluginManager.executeMojo(DefaultBuildPluginManager.java:107)     at org.apache.maven.lifecycle.internal.MojoExecutor.execute(MojoExecutor.java:209)     … 19 more Caused by: liquibase.exception.DatabaseException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver     at liquibase.integration.commandline.CommandLineUtils.createDatabaseObject(CommandLineUtils.java:111)     at org.liquibase.maven.plugins.AbstractLiquibaseMojo.execute(AbstractLiquibaseMojo.java:260)     … 21 more Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot find database driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver     at liquibase.integration.commandline.CommandLineUtils.createDatabaseObject(CommandLineUtils.java:70)     … 22 more [ERROR] [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] [http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException](http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoExecutionException) Does anybody have an idea what I’m doing wrong here? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![taranenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@taranenko](https://forum.liquibase.org/u/taranenko)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.liquibase.org/t/cannot-find-database-driver-com-mysql-jdbc-driver/1262/2 "2011-05-06T17:05:00Z")
it seems the artifact with driver is not loaded at boot maven. try to add a section 1.         I’m adding this on the the parent pom. And now I can not explain now why it does work on my workstation, but not dependencies section you described 8)