How to connect to mysql database in java

Here we will learn to connect to MYSQL DB via Java.

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.Scanner;

/*
 * Here we will learn to connect to Oracle DB using JDBC Driver.
 */
public class ConnectMySQLDB {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
		System.out
				.println("Please provide below details to connect MySQL Database");
		System.out.println("Enter Database");
		String dbName = scanner.next();
		System.out.println("Enter UserName");
		String userName = scanner.next();
		System.out.println("Enter Password");
		String password = scanner.next();

		try {

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

		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		Connection connection = null;

		try {
			connection = DriverManager
					.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/" + dbName,
							userName, password);

		} catch (SQLException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}

		if (connection != null) {
			System.out.println("nSuccessfullly connected to MySQL DB");
		} else {
			System.out.println("nFailed to connect to MySQL DB");
		}

	}

}

JARs Required :

mysql-connector-java-5.1.22-bin.jar(Download Here)

Tools Used :

Eclipse Indigo

Java Version

JDK 1.6