Mysql DB connection with JDBC freezing program

Question

I have the MySQL JDBC library added to my eclipse project but I still cant connect to a database, the program doesn't throw an error, it just freezes on me. Here's the link to the Library I used http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j and my current code ( username, host, and passwords omitted.

  private Connection connect = null;
  private Statement statement = null;
  private PreparedStatement preparedStatement = null;
  private ResultSet resultSet = null;

@Override
    try {
          // This will load the MySQL driver, each DB has its own driver
          Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
          // Setup the connection with the DB
          connect = DriverManager
              .getConnection("jdbc:mysql://host:8080/feedback?"
                  + "user=******Admin&password=********");

          // Statements allow to issue SQL queries to the database
          statement = connect.createStatement();
          // Result set get the result of the SQL query
          System.out.println("Connected");
        } catch (Exception e) {
          System.out.println("Connection failed");

SOLUTION I had the port wrong, the driver installed improperly AND the database name was wrong. Here was the correct connection line after fixing the driver.

 connect = DriverManager
                  .getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/DataBase?"
                      + "user=****Admin&password=*******");

Answer 1

Try to connect in the format

DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:port","username" , "password");

Please use the latest driver that fits you mysql version.

Answer 2

Unless you changed the port of your MySQL server to 8080, your jdbc url is wrong. If you have not changed the default port, then you should use jdbc:mysql://host/feedback?user=******Admin&password=******** .