Database Connection in Selenium


  • Below is the source code to connect your MySQL database with Selenium :
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con = (Connection) DriverManager.getConnection ("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/demo","username","password");
Statement stmt = (Statement) con.createStatement();
// Below statement we use for executing sql queries.
stmt.executeQuery("Select * from dbtable");

In order to connect, you will need to add one jar file which you can download by clicking here

  • To connect Oracle database with Selenium, write below code:
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
Connection con =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost: 
1521:orcl","username","password");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
stmt.executeQuery("Select * from dbtable");

In order to connect, you will need to add one jar file which you can download by clicking here