public class JdbcSQLServerConnection {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        if (args.length != 3) {
            System.out.println("Usage :njava -jar jarFile.jar url username password");
            System.exit(0);
        }
        Connection conn = null;
        try {
            String dbURL = args[0];
            String user = args[1];
            String pass = args[2];
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, user, pass);
            if (conn != null) {
                DatabaseMetaData dm = (DatabaseMetaData) conn.getMetaData();
                System.out.println("Driver name: " + dm.getDriverName());
                System.out.println("Driver version: " + dm.getDriverVersion());
                System.out.println("Product name: " + dm.getDatabaseProductName());
                System.out.println("Product version: " + dm.getDatabaseProductVersion());
            }
        } catch (SQLException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            try {
                if (conn != null && !conn.isClosed()) {
                    conn.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException ex) {
                ex.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}