can we use anything else instead of Class.forName() for loading a driver for jdbc connectivity
i.e is first step of jdbc connection?
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Why would you do that? – Harald K Oct 15 '13 at 21:13
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Does this answer your question? [JDBC Class.forName vs DriverManager.registerDriver](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5484227/jdbc-class-forname-vs-drivermanager-registerdriver) – Stephen C Aug 05 '21 at 01:35
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can we use anything else instead of "Class.forname" for loading a driver for jdbc connectivity i.e is first step of jdbc connection?
You haven't even needed that since JDBC 4.1. Just call DriverManager.getConnection() with an appropriate URL.
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Just import java.sql.Driver and invoke DriverManager.getConnecion() to establish a database connection. You don't really need to call Call.forName() these days (java7).
