# Jdbc driver files

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 March 2022 19:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897 "2022-03-15T19:16:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![toddwarrington](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/toddwarrington/32/58533_2.png) [@toddwarrington](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/toddwarrington)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 19:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/1 "2022-03-15T19:16:18Z")

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I am trying to figure out where to put my jdbc driver .jar files, so Node-RED can find them when using node-red-contrib-jdbc node.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 20:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/2 "2022-03-15T20:21:00Z")

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Not sure (I don't use Java) but I think the clue is here: `java.classpath.includes` So I think you need to put them where Java wants them.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 20:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/3 "2022-03-15T20:25:29Z")

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The instructions say  
`Download JDBC driver to the user directory`  
Normally, in a node red environment that would be your .node-red directory, but that will depend on how you installed node red.

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**Author:** ![toddwarrington](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/toddwarrington/32/58533_2.png) [@toddwarrington](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/toddwarrington)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 20:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/4 "2022-03-15T20:49:27Z")

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I have the driver in the .node-red folder but still get the error message “…no suitable driver found…”

I would appreciate any help you can offer

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 21:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/5 "2022-03-15T21:04:40Z")

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Unless there is someone here who uses this then I suggest you ask via an issue on the node's github page.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 22:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/6 "2022-03-15T22:23:57Z")

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If you look at the code for the node, it uses a library called jdbc and if you look at that on [npmjs.com](http://npmjs.com), you'll see that it has a config for where the drives need to be so you'll need to check back to the node's code to see how the author has configured the jdbc library.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [14 May 2022 22:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/jdbc-driver-files/59897/7 "2022-05-14T22:24:03Z")

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