Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.PreparedStatement; import java.sql.ResultSet; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { int records = 0; Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/jdbctutorial", "root", "root"); String sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM mytable"; PreparedStatement prest = con.prepareStatement(sql); ResultSet rs = prest.executeQuery(); while (rs.next()) { records = rs.getInt(1); } System.out.println("Number of records: " + records); con.close(); } }