DBDemo

import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Properties;


public class DBDemo {
    // The JDBC Connector Class.
    private static final String dbClassName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
    // Connection String. Emotherearth is the database the program is
    // connecting to. You can include user and password after this by adding
    // (say) ?user=paulr&passowrd=pualr. Not recomended!
    private static final String CONNECTION =
        "jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/emotherearth";
    public static void main(String[] cl_args) throws
        ClassNotFoundException, SQLException
        {
            System.out.println(dbClassName);
            // Class.forName(xxx) loads the jdbc classes and creates
            // a drivermanager class factory
            Class.forName(dbClassName);
            // Properties for user and password. Here the user and password are xellophane and 'Gr3yh@t'
            Properties p = new Properties();
            p.put("user", "xellophane");
            p.put("password", "Gr3yh@t");
            // Now try to connect
            Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection(CONNECTION, p);
            System.out.println("It works! ");
            c.close();
        }
}