Connecting to SQL database in Java application

[Alex8419]

I'm trying to connect to my sql database on localhost so I can insert from a Java application but am having trouble with the connecting part. How do I figure out the url and driver I should be using? I've looked up the format for the url but keep getting the 'No suitable driver found' error.




Regards

 

[Diancecht]

That error means that the program is not finding the driver (the jar file used to connect to the DB) but without more information is difficult to help:

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Cheers,
Dian