Commonly-used Databases Connection Methods By HelloWorld Database TipsJanuary 14, 20150 Back to Home Commonly-used Databases Connection Methods //MySQL: String Driver="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"; //Driver String URL="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/db_name"; //connection URL, db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).new Instance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //Microsoft SQL Server 2.0 Driver (contains 3 jar packages): String Driver="com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver"; //the method of connecting to database String URL="jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433; DatabaseName=db_name"; //db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).new Instance(); //Load database driver Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,UserName,Password); //Microsoft SQL Server 3.0 Driver (contains 1 jar package): String Driver="com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"; //the method of connecting to database String URL="jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://localhost:1433; DatabaseName=db_name"; //db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).new Instance(); //Load database driver Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,UserName,Password); //Sysbase: String Driver="com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver"; //Driver String URL="jdbc:Sysbase://localhost:5007/db_name"; //db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //Oracle (use thin pattern): String Driver="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"; //the method of connecting to database String URL="jdbc:oracle:thin:@loaclhost:1521:orcl"; //orcl is database SID String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); //Load database driver Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //PostgreSQL: String Driver="org.postgresql.Driver"; //the method of connecting to database String URL="jdbc:postgresql://localhost/db_name"; //db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //DB2: String Driver="com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2.Driver"; //Connect to a Provider instance which has a DB2 Client //String Driver="com.ibm.db2.jdbc.net.DB2.Driver"; //Connect to a Provider instance which does not have a DB2 Client String URL="jdbc:db2://localhost:5000/db_name"; //db_name is database client String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //Informix: String Driver="com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver"; String URL="jdbc:Informix-sqli://localhost:1533/db_name:INFORMIXSER=myserver//db_name is database name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); //JDBC-ODBC: String Driver="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"; String URL="jdbc:odbc:dbsource"; //dbsource is data source name String Username="username"; //Username String Password="password"; //Password Class.forName(Driver).newInstance(); Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(URL,Username,Password); Back to Home