How to load jdbc driver?

Question

I don't really understand the tutorial when it says to download a driver.
(I use mySql)
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/jdbc/basics/connecting.html
That really doesnt describe it well, since i really am new to JDBC.
What do i need to do in order to make the "driver" work with mysql databases?
What about other databases, such as oracle?

Answer 1

What do i need to do in order to make the "driver" work with mysql databases?
What about other databases, such as oracle? For any database you want to use, the driver needs to be accessible in your classpath/buildpath
and what do i need to import?You need to import java.sql.*;
In standard java code there are two important lines to get the connection
String jdbcDriverClass = "com.myql.jdbc.Driver";
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myDatabase"
String userName = "username";
String password = "password"
Class.forName(jdbcDriverClass);
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);The DriverClass name is different for every database
The url connection is different for every database. For Oracle there are even two different connection strings you can use, depending upon whether you want to use their "thin" driver or the "oci" driver.
Both the driver class name, and the URL connection string will be available from the documentation with the JDBC driver.
Cheers,
evnafets