Java TestMySql

import java.sql.*;

public class TestMysql
{
  public static void main(String args[])
  {

   Connection conn = null;

    try {
      /* Test loading driver */

      String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";

      System.out.println( "=> loading driver:" );
      Class.forName( driver );
      System.out.println( "OK" );

      /* Test the connection */

      String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:11819/test";

      System.out.println( "=> connecting:" );
      conn = DriverManager.getConnection( url, "test", "test" );
      System.out.println( "OK" );

      printQueryResults(conn, "SELECT VERSION()");

      if(conn != null)
         conn.close();

    }
    catch( Exception x ) {
      x.printStackTrace();
    }

  }

public static void printQueryResults(Connection conn, String SQLquery)
            throws Exception {
        Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(SQLquery);
        int columns = rs.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
        System.out.println("------------------------");
        System.out.println();
        while (rs.next()) {
            for (int i = 1; i <= columns; i++) {
                System.out.println(rs.getString(i));
            }
            System.out.println();
        }
        rs.close();
        stmt.close();
        System.out.println("------------------------");
        System.out.flush();
        Thread.sleep(100); // wait for System.out to finish flush
    }


}