import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;

public class MysqlTest {

    private final static String dbUser = "dbo_java";
    private final static String dbPass = "java_test";
    private final static String dbHost = "192.168.1.111";
    private final static String dbName = "java";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Connection conn = null;

        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
            conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + dbHost + "/" + dbName, dbUser, dbPass);

            System.out.println("Database connection established");

            Statement s = conn.createStatement();

            s.executeQuery("show tables");
            ResultSet rs = s.getResultSet();
            while (rs.next()) {
                System.out.println(rs.getString(1));
            }

            s.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM test_table");
            ResultSet rs = s.getResultSet();
            while (rs.next()) {
                int id = rs.getInt("id");
                String name = rs.getString("name");

                System.out.println("id:" + id);
                System.out.println("name:" + name);
            }
            rs.close();
            s.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Cannot connect to database server:" + e.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (conn != null) {
                try {
                    conn.close();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    System.err.println("Cannot close connection to database:" + e.getMessage());
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

# compile (for Java 6)
javac -source 1.6 -target 1.6 MysqlTest.java

# test
java -classpath "bin:/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar" MysqlTest