How to establish the connection - Best Practice

Question

Following is my code for database connection
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver;
public class DBConnect
     private static Connection connection = null;
     static
          try
               DriverManager.registerDriver( new OracleDriver() );
               String url = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@dbserver:1521:ORCL";
               connection = DriverManager.getConnection( url, "user", "password" );
          catch ( Exception e )
     private DBConnect()
     public static synchronized Connection getConnection()
          return connection;
}Tell me the Best Practice to establish the connection.
Edited by: shashiwagh on Feb 1, 2010 11:25 AM
Edited by: shashiwagh on Feb 1, 2010 11:26 AM

Answer 1

First, handle your exceptions properly.
Second, you should not normally create static database connections.
Third, hardcoding connection data like that is not a good idea.