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Java DatabaseMetaData getURL() method with example
This method retrieves the URL of the underlying Database Management System and returns in the form of a String variable.
To get the list URL of the underlying DBMS −
Make sure your database is up and running.
Register the driver using the registerDriver() method of the DriverManager class. Pass an object of the driver class corresponding to the underlying database.
Get the connection object using the getConnection() method of the DriverManager class. Pass the URL the database and, user name, password of a user in the database, as String variables.
Get the DatabaseMetaData object with respect to the current connection using the getMetaData() method of the Connection interface.
Finally retrieve the URL for the underlying database, by invoking the getURL() method of the DatabaseMetaData interface .
Example
Following JDBC program establishes connection with MySQL database, retrieves the URL of the underlying database.
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class DatabaseMetaData_getURL {
public static void main(String args[]) throws SQLException {
//Registering the Driver
DriverManager.registerDriver(new com.mysql.jdbc.Driver());
//Getting the connection
String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/example_database";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "root", "password");
System.out.println("Connection established......");
//Retrieving the meta data object
DatabaseMetaData metaData = con.getMetaData();
//Retrieving the URL of the underlying in the database
String dbUrl = metaData.getURL();
System.out.println("URL for the underlying DBMS: "+dbUrl);
}
}Output
Connection established...... jdbc:mysql://localhost/example_database
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