support/PostgreSQL/Making_a_connection_from_your_code/Java_PostgreSQL

Java - PostgreSQL connection

Sample code for connecting to a PostgreSQL database using Java and simple queries.

The USERNAME, PASSWORD and DATABASE_NAME variables must be substituted with those supplied for your web hosting account.

<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<html>
<head>
        <title>Example page</title>
</head>
<body>
<%

out.println("Testing PostgreSQL jdbc<br />");

try {
        Connection Conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
                "jdbc:postgresql://localhost/DATABASE_NAME?user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD");

        Statement Stmt = Conn.createStatement();
        ResultSet RS = Stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM test");

        while (RS.next()) {
                out.println(RS.getString(1));
        }

        // Clean up after ourselves
        RS.close();
        Stmt.close();
        Conn.close();
}
catch (SQLException E) {
      out.println("SQLException: " + E.getMessage());
      out.println("SQLState:     " + E.getSQLState());
      out.println("VendorError:  " + E.getErrorCode());
}
%>
</body>
</html>