At this post we are going to see how to connect Netbeans IDE to your Database. In my case I work over Oracle SGBD, then I will access to this SGBD. We will use the JDBC standar, java based for remote DDBB connections purposes. Let's see two base links for the purpose of this post::

• This is a Netbenas wiki post where are written links to all SGBD drivers supported. Then, if you are searching for PosgreSQL, MySQL, M$, DB2,.. you can try it.
• Here we have the Oracle JDBC driver. I can afirm that it would run for any Oracle version up to 9i.

In the second link I downloaded the driver in the file: ojdbc14.jar. The installation is at the tab Services --> clicking the right mouse button over Drivers --> New Driver ...

We look for the driver downloaded in our system, and install it. To create a new connection, we will do at tab Services --> clicking the right mouse button over DataBases --> New Connection ...

We must make our connection URL with the following model:

jdbc:oracle:thin:@{HOST}:{PORT}:{SID}

You can probe the connection making queries in the front window:

Obviously, with a JDBC preinstalled in Netbeans as MySQL driver, would be easier create a connection. You can see a MySQL example at the image: