JDBC Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.11, by Dr. Herong Yang
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This section describes how to load the MySQL JDBC driver class - mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar.
MySQL JDBC driver 5.0.7 is a JDBC 3.0 driver. The driver class, com.mysql.jdbc.Driver, needs to be loaded, if you want to use the DriverManager class to create Connection objects. The simplest way to load a driver class is to call the Class.forName() method as shown in the following sample program. Of course, you have to include the mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar file in the classpath when you execute this program:
/* MySqlLoadDriver.java * Copyright (c) HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. */ import java.sql.*; public class MySqlLoadDriver { public static void main(String [] args) { Connection con = null; try { // Load the MySQL JDBC driver Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver") ; System.out.println("MySQL JDBC driver loaded ok."); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("Exception: "+e.getMessage()); } } }
The compilation and execution tests were recorded below. Notice the exception error I got without mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar in the classpath:
herong> javac MySqlLoadDriver.java herong> java MySqlLoadDriver Exception: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver herong> java -cp .;\local\lib\mysql-connector-java-5.0.7-bin.jar MySqlLoadDriver MySQL JDBC driver loaded ok.
Table of Contents
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Introduction
Installing and Running Java DB - Derby
Derby (Java DB) JDBC DataSource Objects
Java DB (Derby) - DML Statements
Java DB (Derby) - ResultSet Objects of Queries
Java DB (Derby) - PreparedStatement
MySQL JDBC Driver (MySQL Connector/J)
MySQL - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet
MySQL - JBDC CallableStatement
MySQL CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
MySQL BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
Oracle Express Edition Installation on Windows
Oracle - Reference Implementation of JdbcRowSet
Oracle - JBDC CallableStatement
Oracle CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
Oracle BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition
Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server
Microsoft JDBC Driver - Query Statements and Result Sets
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DatabaseMetaData Object
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DDL Statements
Microsoft JDBC Driver - DML Statements
SQL Server - PreparedStatement
SQL Server CLOB (Character Large Object) - TEXT
SQL Server BLOB (Binary Large Object) - BLOB
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - Flat Text Files
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS Access
JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver - MS SQL Server
Summary of JDBC Drivers and Database Servers
Using Connection Pool with JDBC
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