// sample code from MM.MySql documentation 
//    -- source: http://www.worldserver.com/mm.mysql/doc/mm.doc/book1.htm
//    -- modifications: slight formatting modifications
//                      + short additions from other sources
//                      + moving code to load the MM.MySql JDBC driver
//                        to the static load() method so it can be called from
//                        other classes

// need to set the CLASSPATH to .\;C:\...\mm.mysql.jdbc-1.2b

// Example 3-1. Registering the Driver with the DriverManager

import java.sql.*;

// Notice, do not import org.gjt.mm.mysql.*
// or you will have problems!

public class LoadDriver {

    // load the MM.MySql JDBC driver (register it with the
    //   driver manager
    public static boolean load() {

       try {

          // The newInstance() call is a work around for some
          // broken Java implementations
          Class.forName("org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver").newInstance();

          return true;  // we loaded the driver!
       }
       catch (Exception e) {
          System.err.println("Unable to load driver.");
          e.printStackTrace();

          return false;  // we didn't load the driver!
       }

    } // load()

    public static void main(String[] Args) {

       boolean isDriverLoaded = false;

       // load the MM.MySQL JDBC driver
       isDriverLoaded = load();

       // the remaining code from Henri Jubin text with
       //   slight modifications and additions of remarks

       if (isDriverLoaded) {

          System.out.println("JDBC driver loaded");
          System.out.println();

          // get a list of the loaded drivers
          java.util.Enumeration enum = DriverManager.getDrivers();

          // print out the loaded JDBC drivers
          System.out.println("Loaded drivers are:");
          while( enum.hasMoreElements()) {
             System.out.println(enum.nextElement());
          } // while

       } // if

    } // main()

} // class LoadDriver