title: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.sqlite.JDBC error in Sample.java program from xerial
body: <p>I am trying to get Xerial's Sample class to work in Eclipse with sqlite, but I keep getting the error "ClassNotFoundException: org.sqlite.JDBC"</p>
  
  <p>I downloaded the sqlite-jdbc-3.7.2.jar file from <a href="https://bitbucket.org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/downloads">https://bitbucket.org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc/downloads</a>.  Copied it into the lib folder under my project "database_test" in eclipse.  Then right-clicked on the Project->Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries Tab->Add JARs->Select the jar file.  I am trying to execute this code from Xerial found here: <a href="https://bitbucket.org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc#markdown-header-usage">https://bitbucket.org/xerial/sqlite-jdbc#markdown-header-usage</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>// load the sqlite-JDBC driver using the current class loader
  Class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
  
  Connection connection = null;
  try
  {
    // create a database connection
    connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:sample.db");
    Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
    statement.setQueryTimeout(30);  // set timeout to 30 sec.
  
    statement.executeUpdate("drop table if exists person");
    statement.executeUpdate("create table person (id integer, name string)");
    statement.executeUpdate("insert into person values(1, 'leo')");
    statement.executeUpdate("insert into person values(2, 'yui')");
    ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("select * from person");
    while(rs.next())
    {
      // read the result set
      System.out.println("name = " + rs.getString("name"));
      System.out.println("id = " + rs.getInt("id"));
    }
  }
  catch(SQLException e)
  {
    // if the error message is "out of memory", 
    // it probably means no database file is found
    System.err.println(e.getMessage());
  }
  finally
  {
    try
    {
      if(connection != null)
        connection.close();
    }
    catch(SQLException e)
    {
      // connection close failed.
      System.err.println(e);
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}
  }</p>
  
  <p>Every site I have been to has said add the jar file to your build path or class path and I believe I have done that, but nothing has solved the problem.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.</p>