Question

I am using Eclipse IDE Version: Helios Service Release 2 and JDK version 1.6. I have SQL Server 2008 installed on my system. I have downloaded Microsoft JDBC driver and included the path of the jar file in Eclipse IDE-> Project Properties->Java build Path-> Libraries -> Add External jars.

I have written this piece of code for database connection:

package com.ucs.test;

import java.sql.*;

public class ConnectDatabase {

Connection DBconnection = null;
String dbName = "silkopenview";
String userName = "SilkTestAdmin"; 
String password = "Nbv12345";

Class.forName(drivername);

DBconnection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbName,userName,password);


}

But I get the following errors:

Syntax error on token “DBconnection”, VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token
Syntax error on token “drivername”, VariableDeclaratorId expected after this token
Syntax error on token(s), misplaced construct(s)

I am new to Java and Eclipse IDE. Please help me in correcting this errors. A quick help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Class.forName(drivername);
DBconnection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbName,userName,password);

You can not put them where you placed in your class, You have to put them in constructor/method, like :

public class ConnectDatabase {

   Connection dbConnection = null;
   String dbName = "silkopenview";
   String userName = "SilkTestAdmin"; 
   String password = "Nbv12345";

   public Connection getConnection() {
      Class.forName(drivername);
      dbConnection = DriverManager.getConnection(dbName,userName,password);
      return dbConnection;
   }
}