JDBC connection in net beans

The following statements in the java net beans in try catch block will connects to mysql jdbc connection
Before that you have to add jdbc connector jar file into you netbeans java project libraries

You also need to import the following packages

import com.mysql.jdbc.Statement; // for executing sql queries
import java.sql.DriverManager; // for jdbc connection
import java.sql.SQLException; // fir raising exception

Class.forName("java.sql.Driver");
Connection conn=(Connection) DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/snakes_ladders","root","root");
Statement stmt=(Statement) conn.createStatement();
if(conn!=null)
{
System.out.println("connection success");
}
else
{
System.out.println("connection failed");
}