Java tutorial
import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.PrintStream; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.sql.Statement; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; public class Logging { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { FileOutputStream errors = new FileOutputStream("StdErr.txt", true); PrintStream stderr = new PrintStream(errors); PrintWriter errLog = new PrintWriter(errors, true); System.setErr(stderr); String query = "SELECT Name,Description,Qty,Cost,Sell_Price FROM Stock"; try { Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:Inventory"); Statement stmt = con.createStatement(); ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query); while (rs.next()) { String name = rs.getString("Name"); String desc = rs.getString("Description"); int qty = rs.getInt("Qty"); float cost = rs.getFloat("Cost"); } } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(errLog); } catch (SQLException e) { System.err.println((new GregorianCalendar()).getTime()); System.err.println("Thread: " + Thread.currentThread()); System.err.println("ErrorCode: " + e.getErrorCode()); System.err.println("SQLState: " + e.getSQLState()); System.err.println("Message: " + e.getMessage()); System.err.println("NextException: " + e.getNextException()); e.printStackTrace(errLog); System.err.println(); } stderr.close(); } }