trouble connecting to mysql

hello friends
i have just touched jsp programming and i m having trouble connecting
to mysql database.
I m using tomcat 6

the connection part of the code of my jsp (HelloMySql.jsp) is-->
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<%@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 page import="java.io.StringWriter" %>
<%@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 page import="java.io.PrintWriter" %>
..
..
..
<form name="sqlaccess" action="HelloMysql.jsp">
.......
</form>

<%
String dbURL="jdbc:mysql:localhost\\neo";
String username="root";
String passwd="abc";
try{
	Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
	Connection conn=DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL,username,passwd);
	Statement stat=null;
	try{
		stat=conn.createStatement();
		if(varSql.length() !=0 ){
%>
..........
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i m using this driver -->
mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar
and have put it in this location
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib

further i have appended this to the Classpath environment variable -->
C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\lib\mysql-
connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar

but the sever returns error that
No suitable driver found

please tell me what else i am missing

thanks