java.sql.SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname [duplicate]

Answer 1

All of the answers here use the Class.forName("my.vandor.Driver"); line to load the driver.

As an (better) alternative you can use the DriverManager helper class which provides you with a handful of methods to handle your JDBC driver/s.

You might want to

1. Use DriverManager.registerDriver(driverObject); to register your driver to it's list of drivers

Registers the given driver with the DriverManager. A newly-loaded driver class should call the method registerDriver to make itself known to the DriverManager. If the driver is currently registered, no action is taken

2. Use DriverManager.deregisterDriver(driverObject); to remove it.

Removes the specified driver from the DriverManager's list of registered drivers.

Example:

Driver driver = new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver();
DriverManager.registerDriver(driver);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);
// ... 
// and when you don't need anything else from the driver
DriverManager.deregisterDriver(driver);

or better yet, use a DataSource

Answer 2

An example of retrieving data from a table having columns column1, column2 ,column3 column4, cloumn1 and 2 hold int values and column 3 and 4 hold varchar(10)

import java.sql.*; 
// need to import this as the STEP 1. Has the classes that you mentioned  
public class JDBCexample {
    static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"; 
    static final String DB_URL = "jdbc:mysql://LocalHost:3306/databaseNameHere"; 
    // DON'T PUT ANY SPACES IN BETWEEN and give the name of the database (case insensitive) 

    // database credentials
    static final String USER = "root";
    // usually when you install MySQL, it logs in as root 
    static final String PASS = "";
    // and the default password is blank

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

        try {
    // registering the driver__STEP 2
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"); 
    // returns a Class object of com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
    // (forName(""); initializes the class passed to it as String) i.e initializing the
    // "suitable" driver
            System.out.println("connecting to the database");
    // opening a connection__STEP 3
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL, USER, PASS);
    // executing a query__STEP 4 
            System.out.println("creating a statement..");
            stmt = conn.createStatement();
    // creating an object to create statements in SQL
            String sql;
            sql = "SELECT column1, cloumn2, column3, column4 from jdbcTest;";
    // this is what you would have typed in CLI for MySQL
            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
    // executing the query__STEP 5 (and retrieving the results in an object of ResultSet)
    // extracting data from result set
            while(rs.next()){
    // retrieve by column name
                int value1 = rs.getInt("column1");
                int value2 = rs.getInt("column2");
                String value3 = rs.getString("column3");
                String value4 = rs.getString("columnm4");
    // displaying values:
                System.out.println("column1 "+ value1);
                System.out.println("column2 "+ value2);
                System.out.println("column3 "+ value3);
                System.out.println("column4 "+ value4);

            }
    // cleaning up__STEP 6
            rs.close();
            stmt.close();
            conn.close();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
    //  handle sql exception
            e.printStackTrace();
        }catch (Exception e) {
    // TODO: handle exception for class.forName
            e.printStackTrace();
        }finally{  
    //closing the resources..STEP 7
            try {
                if (stmt != null)
                    stmt.close();
            } catch (SQLException e2) {
                e2.printStackTrace();
            }try {
                if (conn != null) {
                    conn.close();
                }
            } catch (SQLException e2) {
                e2.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        System.out.println("good bye");
    }
}

Answer 3

try this

String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/<dbname>";
String user = "<username>";
String password = "<password>";
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password);