import java.sql.*; public class TestMysqlConnection { public static void main(String[] args) { Connection conn = null; Statement stmt = null; ResultSet rs = null; try { Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); System.out.println("HERE"); conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydata?user=root&password=root"); System.out.println("HERE"); stmt = conn.createStatement(); rs = stmt.executeQuery("select * from dept"); while (rs.next()) { System.out.println(rs.getString("deptno")); } } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (SQLException ex) { // handle any errors System.out.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage()); System.out.println("SQLState: " + ex.getSQLState()); System.out.println("VendorError: " + ex.getErrorCode()); } finally { try { if (rs != null) { rs.close(); rs = null; } if (stmt != null) { stmt.close(); stmt = null; } if (conn != null) { conn.close(); conn = null; } } catch (SQLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } }