Connection conn = null;
    Statement stmt = null;
    ResultSet rs = null;

    String jdbcUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost\SQLExpress:1433;DatabaseName=Movie;User=username;Password=password;";

    try {
        Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");

        conn = DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcUrl);

        stmt = conn.createStatement();

        rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT TITLE FROM MOVIES;");
        System.out.println(conn);

        if(rs.next()) {
                if(rs.getString(1).contentEquals("TEST")){
                    flag = true;
                }else{
                    flag = false;
                }
        }


    } catch (SQLException e) {
        System.err.println("Unable to connect to database");
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        System.err.println("Unable to load driver");
        e.printStackTrace();
    } finally {
        try {
            conn.close();
            stmt.close();
            rs.close();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }