Java tutorial
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.SQLException; import java.util.Properties; public class Main { public static Connection getConnection(String dbURL, String user, String password) throws SQLException, ClassNotFoundException { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); Properties props = new Properties(); props.put("user", user); props.put("password", password); props.put("autoReconnect", "true"); return DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, props); } public static void main(String[] args) { Connection conn = null; try { conn = getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/empDB", "root", "pass"); } catch (Exception ex) { System.out.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage()); } } }