Connecting to Mysql

import java.sql.*;
 
{
Connection con = null;
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;
 
String userName = "<username>";
String passWord = "<password>";
String sql = "";
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost<dbname>";
 
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();  /// Starting here must be in a try catch
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,userName,passWord);
sql = "select username, street from <table>";  /// Example
stmt = con.createStatement();
rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
 
while ( rs.next())
                  {
                 String Username = rs.getString("username");
                 String Street = rs.getString("street");
                 System.out.println(Username + " " +Street);
                  }
///// note the above has to be in a try - catch section