We just need the save button to save to a sql database. This is done other than that. it is saying, "Error: No suitable driver found for jdbc:derby:charityDB;create=true"

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener; // Event listener
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import javax.swing.*;       // GUI building 
import java.io.*;
import java.sql.*; // JDSB 
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

public class FundraiserGUI extends JFrame {

    // Gui dimension
    private JPanel charityPanel;
    private final int WINDOW_HEIGHT = 525;
    private final int WINDOW_WIDTH = 800;
    // declare Labels   
    private JLabel donorLastName;   // Last name of donor
    private JLabel donorFirstName;  //First name of donor
    private JLabel donorCharity;    // Charity to be donated too
    private JLabel charityDon;      //Donation amount
// declare TextFields for user input  
    private JTextField donorLastNameTextField;
    private JTextField donorFirstNameTextField;
    private JTextField donorCharityTextField;
    private JTextField charityDonTextField;
// declare Buttons & TextArea  
    private JButton saveButton;
    private JButton exitButton;
    private JButton resetButton;
    private JTextArea donorList;
    private JPanel buttonPanel;
    private DataOutputStream ostream;
    private DataInputStream istream;

    //Constructor
    public FundraiserGUI() {            //set title
        super("Fundraiser Donor List");

        //set window size
        setSize(WINDOW_HEIGHT, WINDOW_WIDTH);

        //this is for the close button
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);  //Closes window

        this.buildPanel();
        setVisible(true);   // this will enable the gui to be seen
    }

    private void buildPanel() {

        // below are the fields requesting entry & text entry fields for end  
        // user input  
        donorLastName = new JLabel("Enter last name: ");
        donorFirstName = new JLabel("Enter first name: ");
        donorCharity = new JLabel("Name of charity: ");
        charityDon = new JLabel("Charity amount: ");
        donorLastNameTextField = new JTextField(25);
        donorFirstNameTextField = new JTextField(15);
        donorCharityTextField = new JTextField(75);
        charityDonTextField = new JTextField(10);

        // below are the save & exit buttons  
        saveButton = new JButton("Save");
        exitButton = new JButton("Exit");
        resetButton = new JButton("Reset"); //clears all user input
        // below is the TextArea for the pledger list  
        donorList = new JTextArea(25, 75);

        // required action listeners for button functionality  
        saveButton.addActionListener(new saveButtonListener());
        exitButton.addActionListener(new exitButtonListener());
        resetButton.addActionListener(new resetButtonListener());


        // panel creation  
        charityPanel = new JPanel();
        buttonPanel = new JPanel();

        // add everything to new charityPanel in succession  
        charityPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(4, 2));
        charityPanel.add(donorLastName);
        charityPanel.add(donorLastNameTextField);
        charityPanel.add(donorFirstName);
        charityPanel.add(donorFirstNameTextField);
        charityPanel.add(donorCharity);
        charityPanel.add(donorCharityTextField);
        charityPanel.add(charityDon);
        charityPanel.add(charityDonTextField);

        buttonPanel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 3));
        buttonPanel.add(saveButton);
        buttonPanel.add(exitButton);
        buttonPanel.add(resetButton);
        //Add layout manager to JFrame
        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        //Location of the panel
        this.add(charityPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        this.add(donorList, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        this.add(buttonPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }



    // establish hidden class for save button Listener class listed above  
    // in the panel build  
    private class saveButtonListener implements ActionListener {

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {



            // create a separate database file  
           /* 
            try {

                //define dataFile


                // declare strings for database  
                String donorLastName;
                String donorFirstName;
                String donorCharity;
                String charityDon;  // 

                // required 'get' methods for Strings  
                donorLastName = donorLastNameTextField.getText();
                donorFirstName = donorFirstNameTextField.getText();
                donorCharity = donorCharityTextField.getText();
                charityDon = charityDonTextField.getText();

                // required conversion of pledge amount from text to integers  
                //try {
                double donation = Double.parseDouble(charityDon);
                donorList.append(donorLastName + "     " + donorFirstName + "    " + donorCharity + "    " + charityDon + "\n");

                // Write information to file
                // Create the file, open for append

               /* ostream = new DataOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("Charity.txt", true));
                ostream.writeUTF(donorLastName);
                ostream.writeUTF(donorFirstName);
                ostream.writeUTF(donorCharity);
                ostream.writeDouble(donation);

                ostream.close();



            } catch (IOException ex) {
                System.err.println("File not opened");
                System.exit(1);
            } catch (NumberFormatException ex) {

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "There was an error in the donation box.");

            }

            //input datastream
            //We couldnt get this code to work corrctly
           /* istream = new DataInputStream (new FileInputStream ("Charity.txt", true));
            istream.writeUTF(donorLastName);
                istream.writeUTF(donorFirstName);
                istream.writeUTF(donorCharity);
                istream.writeDouble(donation);

                istream.close();
            */

        }

    }

    // establish hidden class for exit button Listener class listed above  
    // in the panel build  
    private class exitButtonListener implements ActionListener {

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    }

    private class resetButtonListener implements ActionListener {
        // we cannot see the reset button in the GUI

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            //resets form
           donorLastNameTextField.setText(""); 
           donorFirstNameTextField.setText("");
           donorCharityTextField.setText("");
           charityDonTextField.setText("");

        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FundraiserGUI fundraiserGUI;
        fundraiserGUI = new FundraiserGUI();
        createDatabase();
    }
    // this is specific for JDB



     private static void createDatabase(){       
     final String DB_URL =
            "jdbc:derby:charityDB;create=true";

// Create a connection to the database.

     try
     {      
        //create the connection to the database
        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection (DB_URL);

        // Create a Statement object.
        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();

        System.out.println("Creating the donation table...");
        stmt.execute("CREATE TABLE Donation ("    +
                     "Last Name CHAR(25), "   +
                     "First Name CHAR (25), " +
                     "Charity Name CHAR (75)," +
                     "Donation Amount ( DOUBLE)");
      //Close the resources.
        stmt.close();
        conn.close();
        System.out.println("Complete");
        }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        System.out.println ("Error: "+ex.getMessage());
    }
}

}

it's telling you you need to add the driver for derby to your path.

I get that.....i dont understand what is wrong with it and how to fix that.

it's telling you to add the driver to your classpath. That's wrong with it and that's how to fix it...

I understand that is what i need to do...im not understand the process to complete this task.

I think you forgot this:

Class.ForName("com.mysql.jdbc.driver");

and why would he need mySQL drivers anyway? Where does it say he's using mySQL?

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