Database Programming in Java: Connecting to the Database

• Use a Connection object to access a database from a Java program
• Load the database driver
• Ask the DriverManager for a connection
• When you are done, close the database connection

  String driver = . . .;
  String url = . . .;
  String username = . . .;
  String password = . . .;
  
  
  Class.forName(driver); // Load driver
  Connection conn = DeviceManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
  
  . . .
  
  conn.close();