19.5 - Connecting to a Database: Example
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Practice Questions
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What does JDBC stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about how Java interacts with databases.
Name three parameters required for establishing a JDBC connection.
💡 Hint: Consider what is needed to access a database.
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What does JDBC allow Java applications to do?
💡 Hint: Consider how Java handles data storage.
True or False: You must explicitly close a connection to a database in JDBC.
💡 Hint: Think about memory management and resource use.
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Create a program that connects to a MySQL database, retrieves all records from a table named 'students', and prints them out.
💡 Hint: Use a loop to fetch each record using ResultSet methods.
Explain how you would modify the database connection parameters to connect to a remote database instead of a local one.
💡 Hint: Research remote connection settings on your DB server.
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