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package javaapplication13;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class JavaApplication13 {


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
          String USERNAME="root";

     String PASSWORD="DXdhkNKQe0!*";
     String URL="jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/recipes";

         Connection connection=null;
 try{ // setting the PreparedStatement

         connection =
                DriverManager.getConnection( URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD );
                 System.out.println("Works here too");}


     catch ( SQLException sqlException )
     {  //error display, if SQL is not connected
      sqlException.printStackTrace();
            System.out.println("Error Found , check SQL is connected and working");
            System.exit( 1);
        }}

}

Result:
    run:
java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/recipes
Error Found , check SQL is connected and working
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:689)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:247)
    at javaapplication13.JavaApplication13.main(JavaApplication13.java:25)
/Users/killer/Library/Caches/NetBeans/8.1/executor-snippets/run.xml:53: Java returned: 1
BUILD FAILED (total time: 0 seconds)