title: ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver
body: <p>I'm pretty new to Java. I'm trying to connect to hive server through java and used sample code from <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HiveServer2+Clients#HiveServer2Clients-JDBC" rel="noreferrer">https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/HiveServer2+Clients#HiveServer2Clients-JDBC</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.sql.SQLException;
  
  public class HiveJdbcClient {
      //private static String driverName = "org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver";
      public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException {
          try {
              Class.forName("org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver");
          } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
              // TODO Auto-generated catch block
              e.printStackTrace();
              System.exit(1);
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I placed all the jars in the required location and updated the pom file, but getting </p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver
      at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
      at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:331)
      at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
      at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
      at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:264)
      at HiveJdbcClient.main(HiveJdbcClient.java:7)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
      at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:144)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I searched for a solution for quite some time, but couldn't solve it. Please let me know how to fix this. </p>