I have a started a task on using java to link it to a mysql database, does anyone know any good sites where I can get rich detail to break down how it is done?

How to connect to a MySQL database using JDBC?

This example connects to a MySQL database using the MM JDBC driver for MySQL. You need to have an account in MySQL database to run this example. To create an account, you can connect to MySQL database on your platform as root, and run the following command:
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO username@localhost
IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;


Connection connection = null;
try {
// Load the JDBC driver
String driverName = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; // MySQL MM JDBC driver
Class.forName(driverName);

// Create a connection to the database
String serverName = "localhost";
String mydatabase = "mydatabase";
String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + serverName + "/" + mydatabase; // a JDBC url
String username = "username";
String password = "password";
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// Could not find the database driver
} catch (SQLException e) {
// Could not connect to the database
}

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theresonlyoneash wrote:

I have a started a task on using java to link it to a mysql database, does anyone know any good sites where I can get rich detail to break down how it is done?

You could try this website. http://dev.mysql.com/usingmysql/java/

Im new to this site and got really fast responses, thanks and yes it is what im looking for, i will try it out