JDBC Simple Application

1. Java file creating a connection to the Database.
   
   
2. ojdbc.jar file (or other database specific jar file) to act as the bridge between JDBC and the Database.
   
   

import java.sql.*;

public class JdbcExample 
{
    static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver";  
    static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:11521:XE";
    static final String USER = "system";
    static final String PASS = "manager";

    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        Connection conn = null;
        Statement stmt = null;
        try
        {
            // Register JDBC driver
            Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER);

            //  Open a connection
            System.out.println(
                String.format("\nConnecting to \ndatabase %s \nwith login=%s and \npassword=%s", DB_URL, USER, PASS)
            );
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS);

            // Execute a query
            stmt = conn.createStatement();
            String sql = "SELECT name, updated_date FROM Account";

            System.out.println("\n\nRunning sql: " + sql);
            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);

            System.out.println("\n\nPrinting data");
            // Extract data from result set
            int maxCount=10;
            while(rs.next() && maxCount-- > 0)
            {
                int pos=1;
                System.out.println (
                        rs.getObject(pos++).toString() + ", " + 
                        rs.getObject(pos++).toString()
                   );
            }

            // Clean-up the environment
            rs.close();
            stmt.close();
            conn.close();
            System.out.println ("\nAll done, no exceptions\n");
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally
        {
            try
            {
                if(stmt!=null)
                    stmt.close();
            }
            catch(SQLException e)
            {
                e.printStackTrace();
                try
                {
                    if (conn!=null)
                        conn.close();
                }
                catch(SQLException se)
                {
                    se.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

javac JdbcExample.java 

java -cp ojdbc6.jar:. JdbcExample