Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application program interface (API) packaged with the Java SE edition that makes it possible to standardize and simplify the process of connecting Java ...

To connect to a database like MySQL or HyperSQL Database (HSQLDB) in Java, you use JDBC. And if you use JPA or Hibernate, you’re using JDBC under the covers. JDBC is at the heart of all relational ...

Select the mysql-connector-java-XXX-bin.jar file (where XXX is the release number) and click OK. Click OK to exit out of the Options window and you’re ready to connect to your remote database.