com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsExce

Question

I'm working on getting my database to talk to my Java programs.

Can someone give me a quick and dirty sample program using the JDBC?

I'm getting a rather stupendous error:

Exception in thread "main" com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure 
    The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:409)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1122)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2260)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:787)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection.<init>(JDBC4Connection.java:49)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:409)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:357)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:285)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:582)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:207)
    at SqlTest.main(SqlTest.java:22)
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure
    The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:409)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1122)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:344)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2181)
    ... 12 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:333)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:195)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:182)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:432)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:478)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:375)
    at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:218)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:256)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:293)
    ... 13 more

Contents of the test file:

import com.mysql.jdbc.*;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class SqlTest {

    public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
        // Class.forName( "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" ); // do this in init
        // // edit the jdbc url 
        Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection( 
            "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/projects?user=user1&password=123");
        // Statement st = conn.createStatement();
        // ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery( "select * from table" );

        System.out.println("Connected?");
    }
}

Answer 1

If you changed your port, you get this kind of error "com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure" Please check your port number

Answer 2

Try to change localhost to 127.0.0.1.

The localhost would be resolved to ::1. And MySQL cannot be connected via IPv6 by default.

And here is the output of telnet localhost 3306:

$ telnet localhost 3306
Trying ::1...

And there is no response from MySQL server.

Of course, please make sure your MySQL server is running.

Answer 3

I've been having the same problem for hours. I'm using MAMP Server

Instead of using localhost:[Apache Port], use your MySQL port.

Below is the default MySQL Port for MAMP server.

String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:8889/db_name";

Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, dbUsername, dbPassword);

Answer 4

Open file /etc/mysql/my.cnf: change below parameter from

bind-address = 127.0.0.1 to bind-address = 192.168.0.3 #this is your local system IP Address,

Run below command in mysql for specific IP Address->

grant all privileges on dbname.* to dbusername@'192.168.0.3' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpassword';                      

If you want to give access to all IP Address, run below command:

grant all privileges on dbname.* to dbusername@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'dbpassword'; 

Answer 5

For Remote Call to Mysql

1. Add remote user to Mysql from for exemple IP=remoteIP :

   mysql -u xxxx -p //local coonection to mysql
   mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'theNewUser'@'remoteIP' IDENTIFIED BY 'passWord';
   //Query OK, 0 rows affected (xx sec)
   mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   //Query OK, 0 rows affected
   

2. Allow remote access to Mysql (by default all externall call is not allowed):

   Edit 
   /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf    or    /etc/mysql/my.cnf
   Change line:  bind-address = 127.0.0.1   to
                 #bind-address = 127.0.0.1
   Restart Mysql: /etc/init.d/mysql restart
   

3. For The latest version of JDBC Driver, the JDBC :

   jdbc.url='jdbc:mysql://remoteIP:3306/yourDbInstance?autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true&useJDBCCompliantTimezoneShift=true&useLegacyDatetimeCode=false&serverTimezone=UTC'
   jdbc.user='theNewUser'
   

Answer 6

It was trying to connect to an older version of MySQL ('version', '5.1.73' ); when you use a newer driver version you get an error that tells you to use the "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver or even that you don't have to especify which one you use:

Loading class com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'. This is deprecated. The new driver class iscom.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver'. The driver is automatically registered via the SPI and manual loading of the driver class is generally unnecessary.

I changed the declaration to use 5.1.38 version of the mysql-connector-java and, in the code, I kept the com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.

<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.38</version>
</dependency>

All started when I saw the Ankit Jain's answer