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[ACRRHODES]

I'm confused. I'm working on a school project and I need step-by-step advice on how to:

1. Connect to 'localhost' with JAVA
2. Use SQL to query my database

I have a book that (sort of) tells me how to do this, but I've had troubles finding the right drivers and stuff. I would greatly appreciate some assistance.

ACRRHODES ***
Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer, not a doctor.

 

[prosper]

you should tell us the database you use.
Do you use jsp, servlet or pure Java to connect to database?

 

[ACRRHODES]

I'm using pure Java to connect. As for the rest of your question, I'm not sure I understand. ***
Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer, not a doctor.

 

[ACRRHODES]

Does anyone have more advice? I downloaded a 'driver' (mm.mysql-2.0.12) and unjarred it, like they said to on the webpage, and it was just a lot of .xml and .class junk. Does anyone have a clue how I can install this driver in order to use it to connect to my database? ***
Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer, not a doctor.

 

[dekra]

What kind of database are you connecting to?

 

[ACRRHODES]

[tt]
Welcome to phpMyAdmin 2.2.3

MySQL 3.23.36 running on localhost
[/tt]

That's what the database 'homepage' on our server says. Does that help? ***
Dammit Jim, I'm a programmer, not a doctor.