Java JDBC connection status

Question

I am (successfully) connecting to a database using the following:

java.sql.Connection connect = DriverManager.getConnection(
  \"jdbc:mysql://localhost/some_         


        

Answer 1

You also can use

public  boolean isDbConnected(con Connection) {
    //final String CHECK_SQL_QUERY = "SELECT 1";
    try {
        if(!con.isClosed() || con!=null){
            return true;
        }
    } catch (SQLException e) {
        return false;
    }
    return false;
}