Problem connecting to Mysql using JDBC

Question

Hi Everyone,
I am trying to connect Mysql ad java applet and I am using the Mysql jdbc connector.
I Took the mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar file and put that in the library of jdk.
Now i used the following code to connect to the database using Netbeans.
package testmysql;
import java.sql.*;
public class Main
public static void main (String[] args)
Connection conn = null;
try
String userName = "root";
String password = "";
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/rpms";
Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance ();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url, userName, password);
System.out.println ("Database connection established");
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println ("Cannot connect to database server");
finally
if (conn != null)
try
conn.close ();
System.out.println ("Database connection terminated");
catch (Exception e) { /* ignore close errors */ }
But it displays Cannot connect to database server
thoughMysql server is running.
Can anyone tell me wats the prob in this.
thanks

Answer 1

String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/rpms";
Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance ();
Is rpms the MySQL database?
Is the database on the default port 3306?
Is the MySQL JDBC JAR file in the classpath of the applet?
newInstance() is not required to be invoked unless using <= JDK 2.0
Replace:
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println ("Cannot connect to database server");
with:
catch (Exception e)
System.err.println (e.getMessage());
Edited by: dvohra09 on Apr 10, 2009 10:54 PM
Edited by: dvohra09 on Apr 10, 2009 10:55 PM
Edited by: dvohra09 on Apr 10, 2009 10:58 PM