Connecting to a database from another computer...

Question

hi guys!
i just wonder if there is a simple way to connect to my database from another computer?
do you have to change something in this method?
    private static Connection getConnection() {     Connection con = null;     try {         Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");         String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/Movies";         String user = "root";         String pw = "x";         con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);         System.out.println("****Connected****");     }     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)     {         System.out.println(e.getMessage());           System.out.println("1");         System.exit(0);     }     catch (SQLException e) {         System.out.println(e.getMessage());           System.out.println("2");           System.exit(0);     }         return con;     }
thanks! :)
Edited by: Shaor-1 on Dec 22, 2008 3:47 AM

Answer 1

hey!
is there no one who knows how to do this?
Here is my program that i want to change so it can connect to my mysql database but from another computer.
import java.sql.*;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class ListMovies {
        static String exist = "existed";
    static int ye = 2221;
    static double pr = 21.12;
public static void main (String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
go();
public static void go(){
       NumberFormat cf = NumberFormat.getCurrencyInstance();
    for(int i = 0; i < 1; i--){
    ResultSet movies = getMovies();
    try
        while (movies.next()){
            Movie m = getMovie(movies);
            String msg = Integer.toString(m.year);
            msg += ": " + m.title;
            msg += " (" + cf.format(m.price) + ")";
            System.out.println(msg);
          Thread.sleep(1000*10);
            catch (InterruptedException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(ListMovies.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }    catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
public static void loanMovie(String d) {
    Connection con = getConnection();
    try {
        Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
        String insert = "insert into movie "
                + "(title, year, price) "
                + "values ("
                + "\"" + d + "\"" + ", "
                + ye + ", " + pr +");";
        int i =stmt.executeUpdate(insert);
        if (i == 1){
            System.out.println("Loan recorded");
        else
            System.out.println("Loan not recorded");    
    catch (SQLException e){
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        System.out.println("CRAP"); 
private static ResultSet getMovies()
    Connection con = getConnection();
    try {
        Statement s = con.createStatement();
        String select = "Select title, year, price " +
                "from movie order by year";
        ResultSet rows;
        rows = s.executeQuery(select);
        return rows;
    catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    return null;
    private static Connection getConnection() {
     Connection con = null;
     try {
         Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
         String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/Movies";
         String user = "root";
         String pw = "x";
         con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pw);
         System.out.println("****INFO****");
     catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           System.out.println("1");
         System.exit(0);
     catch (SQLException e) {
         System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           System.out.println("2");
          System.exit(0);
        return con;
    private static Movie getMovie(ResultSet movies) {
        try {
            String title = movies.getString("Title");
            int year = movies.getInt("Year");
            double price = movies.getDouble("price");
            return new Movie(title, year, price);
        catch (SQLException e)
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());   
        return null;
    private static class Movie
        public String title;
        public int year;
        public double price;
        public Movie(String title, int year, double price)
            this.title = title;
            this.year = year;
            this.price = price;
BTW_
my computers ip is: 81.229.40.17
the database is on that computer.
thanks!