Practice Connecting To A Database: Example (19.5) - Database Connectivity (e.g., JDBC)

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Question 1.
What does JDBC stand for?
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Think about how Java interacts with databases.
Question 2.
Name three parameters required for establishing a JDBC connection.
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Consider what is needed to access a database.
3Question 3.
What does JDBC allow Java applications to do?
- Access network files
- Interact with a variety of databases
- Execute local scripts
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Consider how Java handles data storage.
4Question 4.
True or False: You must explicitly close a connection to a database in JDBC.
- True
- False
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Think about memory management and resource use.
Question 5.
Create a program that connects to a MySQL database, retrieves all records from a table named 'students', and prints them out.
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Use a loop to fetch each record using ResultSet methods.
Question 6.
Explain how you would modify the database connection parameters to connect to a remote database instead of a local one.
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Research remote connection settings on your DB server.

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