Chapter 3. Initializing the Driver

Table of Contents

• Importing JDBC
• Loading the Driver
• Connecting to the Database
  • Connection Parameters

This section describes how to load and initialize the JDBC driver in your programs.

Importing JDBC

Any source that uses JDBC needs to import the java.sql package, using:

import java.sql.*;

Note

You should not import the org.postgresql package unless you are not using standard PostgreSQL extensions to the JDBC API.