How can I read from Mysql database

Question

Could you help me organize reading from a database. I'm under Windows. I get this error message: java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for localhost

This is an extract from my code:

public class JavaApplication10 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Connection conn  = null;        
        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
        ResultSet rs = null;

        try {
            Properties connInfo = new Properties();

            connInfo.put("characterEncoding","UTF8");
            connInfo.put("user", "root");
            connInfo.put("password", "goskomstat");

            conn  = DriverManager.getConnection("localhost", connInfo);

Being in Windows command line I can type: C:\\Program Files\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 5.6\\bin>mysql -u root -p

Then I ehter the password 'goskomstat' and can operate my databases.

Could you give me a hint what to do?

Answer 1

You need to define your connection as follows:

conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/", connInfo);

That allows you to specify the JDBC driver by using the specific URI prefix.