Access SQL Server 2008 R2 database from netbeans 8

Question

I am completely new to java, and I want to make a connection to a remote SQL server 2008 R2 database (like 192.168.17.11) and load data from it. Please suggest alternative ways if you know any.

Answer 1

First you must have JDBC driver for MS SQL, you have two jars (jtds-1.2.5.jar or sqljdbc4-2.0.jar), which added to your classpath

Second you need to create your connection as below:

String password="pass";
String driver= "net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver"; // For sqljdbc4, use: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
String username="user";
String URL="jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://serverIP:port/dbname"; // For sqljdbc4, use: jdbc:sqlserver://serverIP:port;databaseName=dbname
Class.forName(driver);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(URL, username, password);

// Use your connection here
// Don't forget to close the connection