public void connect(String FileName, boolean exitOnFail)
    {
        try {
                this.loadCredentialsFromFile(FileName);
                this.conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + this.host + "/" + this.db + "?" + "user=" + this.user  + "&password=" + this.passwd);
                this.stmt = this.conn.createStatement();
            }
        catch(SQLException ex)
            {
                // handle any errors
            Main.logging.warning("While connectiong to DB: " + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                                 + "\tSQLException: " + ex.getMessage() + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                                 + "\tSQLState: " + ex.getSQLState() + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                                 + "\tVendorError: " + ex.getErrorCode() + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                                );

                if(exitOnFail)
                    {
                        Main.logging.error("Program must shut down due SQL error. (see details in warnings)");
                        System.exit(1);
                    }
            }
        catch(Exception ex)
            {
                Main.logging.warning("While connectiong to DB: " + System.getProperty("line.separator")
                                     + "\tException: " + ex.getMessage()
                                    );

                if(exitOnFail)
                    {
                        Main.logging.error("Program must shut down due SQL error. (see details in warnings)");
                        System.exit(1);
                    }
            }

    }