Once the driver is installed, you can connect from your application to the Advantage Database Server with a connection URL through the JDBC driver manager. This quick start explains how to establish your connection using a connection URL.

You can connect through the JDBC driver manager with the method DriverManager.getConnection. This method uses a string containing a URL. Use the following steps to load the driver from your JDBC application:

Setting the Classpath

Registering the Driver

Passing the Connection URL