Grails 2.0 using MySql

I’m following along the book and up to the end of chapter 5 everything is working OK. I’ve decided to try and use Grails 2.0, which I’m sure is contributing to some of my woes.

Basically the trouble happens whenever I try to change my DataSource from HSQLDB to MySql. I downloaded the connector jar and put it in the TekDays/lib directory. (the database is running as well)

Every time I try to run the app I get the error:

Caused by ClassNotFoundException: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Is anyone else having this problem? I can’t seem to put the MySql connector (mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar) in a place where Grails can see it.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I am also trying to follow the book through with Grails 2.0.1. Be sure you get the latest 2.0.1. Did you see the paragraph on page 96:
Now we need to copy mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar, which we can get
from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0…., to the TekDays/
lib directory. We also need to create an empty database called tekdays.
Grails will create all the tables for us when we run the application for
the first time.

Also, I saw this elsewhere:
Or, add a runtime dependency in grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy. There will already be one commented out from the default BuildConfig,

dependencies {
    // specify dependencies here under either 'build', 'compile', 'runtime', 'test' or 'provided' scopes eg.
}

runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.16'

running ‘grails clean’ did the trick for me.

Has anyone managed to complete Tekdays using Grails 2.0.1 and if so is there an updated e-book link or source code link available?