How to connect to a remote MySQL database with Java?

Question

I am trying to create a JSF application using the Eclipse IDE. I am using a remote mySQL server as my database. How do I connect to this remote database for creating tables

Answer 1

You need to pass IP/hostname of the rempote machine in the connection string.

import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.*;

public class Connect
{
   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
       Connection conn = null;

       try
       {

           String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb";
           Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
           conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url,"root"," ");
           System.out.println ("Database connection established");
       }
       catch (Exception e)
       {
           e.printStackTrace();

       }
       finally
       {
           if (conn != null)
           {
               try
               {
                   conn.close ();
                   System.out.println ("Database connection terminated");
               }
               catch (Exception e) { /* ignore close errors */ }
           }
       }
   }
}