Ubuntu install mysql-connector-java for java to connect MySQL database

Ubuntu install mysql-connector-java for java to connect MySQL database

1. Download mysql-connector-java from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

2. Unzip mysql-connector-java-*.tar.gz

3. Copy mysql-connector-java-*-bin.jar to %JAVA_HOME%/jre/lib/ext/

4. Run the following test case:

Connection conn = null;
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/cookbook";
String userName = "userName";
String password = "password";
try
{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password);
System.out.println("Connected");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.err.println("Cannot connect to server");
System.exit(1);
}
if (conn != null)
{
try
{
conn.close();
System.out.println("Disconnected");
}
catch (Exception e)
{ /* ignore close errors */ }
}