// The URL representing the ORACLE database connection string
	private static final String ORACLE_URL = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@aloe.cs.arizona.edu:1521:oracle";

		// Start with null username and password
		String username = null;
		String password = null;

        // Ensure that we got a username and password argument
		if (args.length == 2)
		{
			username = args[0];
			password = args[1];
		}
		else
		{
			System.err.println("Error reading command line arguments, expected username and password!");
			System.exit(-1);
		}

        // Load the OracleDriver
		try
		{
			Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver");
		}
		catch (ClassNotFoundException exception)
		{
			System.err.println("Error loading the Oracle JDBC driver!");
			System.exit(-1);
		}

		Connection dbConnection = null;

        // Connect to the DB with the connection URL, given username and password
		try
		{
			dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(ORACLE_URL, username, password);
		}
		catch (SQLException exception)
		{
			System.err.println("Error connecting to the Oracle database!\nError: ");
			exception.printStackTrace();
			System.exit(-1);
		}