Java / MySQL question?

This is my code

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

Connection myConnection;

System.out.println("Sample db connectivity using MySQL and netbeans");

try{

Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");

myConnection=DriverManager.getConnection(

"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sample","nbenavidez","password"

);

}

catch(Exception e){

System.out.println("Failed to get connection - This is BSSSSS");

e.printStackTrace();

}

}

}

the error :

Failed to get connection - This is BSSSSS

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)

at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)

at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)

at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:276)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)

at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319)

at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)

at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)

at dbsample.Main.main(Main.java:28)