Follow the steps below to connect a Java application to an Oracle database using Thin Driver.

• Download Oracle JDBC Driver
• Load Driver Class
• JDBC Connection
• Load the jar file

Download Oracle JDBC Driver:

Visit Oracle database website and download the Oracle JDBC Driver.

Load Driver Class:

The Oracle database Driver Class is oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver and the Class.forName(“oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver”) method is used to load the Oracle database driver class.

JDBC Connection:

Make a connection to the Oracle database by following the given syntax:

Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl", "system", "Password123")

Load the jar file:

We can load the.jar file in one of two ways:

• Copy the jar file to the C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\lib\ext directory.
• Set it on the classpath.

Simple Example:

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class JDBCExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // register JDBC driver, optional since java 1.6
        /*try {
            Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }*/

		
        try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
                "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl", "system", "Password123")) {

            if (conn != null) {
                System.out.println("Connected to the database!");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Failed to make connection!");
            }

        } catch (SQLException e) {
            System.err.format("SQL State: %s\n%s", e.getSQLState(), e.getMessage());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

Note: also read about the Java connect to MySQL database with JDBC

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