The standard way to obtain a Connection object is to call the method DriverManager.getConnection, which takes a String containing a connection URL (uniform resource locator). A JDBC connection URL provides a way of identifying a database. It also allows you to perform a number of high-level tasks, such as creating a database or shutting down the system.
The following example shows the use of the connection URL:
An application in an embedded environment uses a different connection URL
from that used by applications using the
However, all versions of the connection URL (which you can use for tasks besides connecting to a database) have common features:
For more information about what you can specify with the