URL string format for connecting to Oracle database with JDBC

Question

I\'m a newbie to Java-related web development, and I can\'t seem to get a simple program with JDBC working. I\'m using off-the-shelf Oracle 10g XE and the Eclipse EE IDE. Fr

Answer 1

DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());         
connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@machinename:portnum:schemaname","userid","password");