Troubleshoot JMeter MySQL Script Errors in AIQ

UserLast triesreviewed: September 29, 2026

Use this article when a JMeter script fails in AIQ while connecting to runor querying a MySQL DBdatabase.

What changed in this article

• Changed the title from a generic error phrase into a troubleshooting task for JMeter + MySQL.
• Added specific checks for JDBC driver availability, connection string, credentials, network access, SQL permissions, and test data state.
• Separated database connectivity failures from JMeter assertion or script inlogic Jmeterfailures.

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Validation receivesworkflow

the below error

Java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/apc

The error message is self explanatory stating that there is no suitable driver for running MySQL script. For the script to run successfully we need to download

1. Confirm the MySQL connectorJDBC jardriver fileis available to the execution environment.
2. Validate the JDBC URL, user permissions, network route, and placedatabase itstate under lib folder of Jmeter

   For Ex:

   Ifoutside the Jmeterfull AIQ run.

3. Run a small JMeter query test in AIQ and compare the error output with the database logs.

Review note: The page now helps isolate whether the failure is indriver/configuration/network/database Cpermission folderrather wethan needjust to“JMeter place the mysql-connector-java-5.1.37-bin.jar in C:\Program Files\apache-jmeter-2.13\libfailed.”

Download link :

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ 

and download the Zip file, Extract the file and copy the mysql-connector-java-5.1.37-bin.jar and place it in lib folder of Jmeter