Incompatible types in simple odbc statements

Question

this is my simple code
import java.sql.*;
public class QueryApp {
     public static void main(String a[]){
          try{
               Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
               Connection con;
               con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:MyDataSource","nik","123456");
               Statement stat=con.createStatement();
               stat.executeQuery("Select * from Publishers");
          catch(Exception e){
               System.out.println("Error:"+e);
}after this when i compile i get these errors
QueryApp.java:15: incompatible types
found   : java.sql.Connection
required: Connection
            con=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:MyDataSource","nik","123456");
                                                       ^
QueryApp.java:16: cannot find symbol
symbol  : method createStatement()
location: class Connection
            Statement stat=con.createStatement();
                                          ^
2 errorsCan some body help me on this error as searching on net wasn't fruitfull?

Answer 1

1) You probably created a Connection class your compiler tries to use instead of java.sql.Connection. I advise to rename your class, or at least use the fully qualified classname for declaring con.
2) The Connection class you created does not have such a method.