
The given code connects JSP page to database. You need to import the mysql connection jar file to jdk as well as to the lib of tomcat. Moreover you need to set classpath also.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<%@ page import="java.sql.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Connection with mysql database</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Connection status </h1>
<%
try {
/* Create string of connection url within specified format with machine name,
port number and database name. Here machine name id localhost and
database name is usermaster. */
String connectionURL = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/usermaster";
// declare a connection by using Connection interface
Connection connection = null;
// Load JBBC driver "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
/* Create a connection by using getConnection() method that takes parameters of
string type connection url, user name and password to connect to database. */
connection = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionURL, "root", "root");
// check weather connection is established or not by isClosed() method
if(!connection.isClosed())
%>
<font size="+3" color="green"></b>
<%
out.println("Successfully connected to " + "MySQL server using TCP/IP...");
connection.close();
}
catch(Exception ex){
%>
</font>
<font size="+3" color="red"></b>
<%
out.println("Unable to connect to database.");
}
%>
</font>
</body>
</html>

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