(on alabanza servers)Are there JDBC drivers for mysql loaded anywhere on the server? I'd like to access the mysql db using servlets and JDBC.

Just go to:

http://www.caucho.com/projects/jdbc-mysql/

Download the driver and dump it in your java lib directory
/usr/local/jdk1.2/lib or whatever the directory is on your server. Then any user with JSP/Servlet permission can load the driver.

Class.forname("com.caucho.jdbc.mysql.Driver");

(double check syntax);