Connection issue - possible clue to problem

Question

Please refer to this link.
http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=26026
This the only trick so far that has shown any sign of working. The store at least partially loaded, although it took probably 10 minutes to do so. Plus, when I got there, many of the URL's had a broken chain-link symbols plus none of them worked. I was able to log in and activate my account, though, and got an email from Apple confirming such. Some progress, anyway. Scott P. - any thoughts?

Answer 1

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class ConnectionUtility {
     public static Connection getConnection() {
          Connection connection = null;
     try {
     // Load the JDBC driver
     //String driverName = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver"; // MySQL MM JDBC driver
          String driverName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"; // MySQL MM JDBC driver
     Class.forName(driverName);
     // Create a connection to the database
     String serverName = "localhost:3306";
     String mydatabase = "kec";
     String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + serverName + "/" + mydatabase; // a JDBC url
     String username = "root";
     String password = "admin";     
     connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
     } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
     // Could not find the database driver
          e.printStackTrace();
     } catch (SQLException e) {
     // Could not connect to the database
          e.printStackTrace();
     }catch (NullPointerException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     return connection;
}