How to connect MySql Database Using JSP
Jul 24, 2011 Janaki Mahapatra, JAVA
1. Create a database "sample" in your mysql. If you are using windows version of mysql then right click on schema tab as the following picture. [caption id="attachment_189" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="create database or schema in mysql"]

<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %> <%@ page import="java.io.*" %> <% String dbms="mysql"; String serverName="localhost"; String portNumber="3306"; String userName="root"; String password="root"; String databaseName="sample"; String connectionURL = "jdbc:"+ dbms +"://"+ serverName +":" + portNumber +"/"+databaseName; Connection connection = null; Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance(); connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL, userName, password); if(!connection.isClosed()){ out.println("Successfully connected to " + "MySQL server using TCP/IP..."); connection.close(); } else{ out.println("Unable to connect to database."); } %>