The next time you execute your Java program, you will pull in that .jar file via the classpath. There are several ways to set the classpath. Listing 3 shows how to do it using a command-line switch.

When a Java wants to connect to a database, it calls upon a JDBC interface known as the DriverManager, which loads a driver that has been written specifically by the vendor of the database to which ...

Every vendor provides a custom-built JDBC driver to marshal SQL queries back and forth from your Java app to their specific database. To connect to a MySQL database, you must download a MySQL JDBC ...