// With 8.1.6 there's no need to load the driver any more,
// but it doesn't hurt anything if you do.
Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
String greeting = null;
Connection conn =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:kprb:");
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery(
"select 'Hello '||initcap(USER)||'!' result from dual");
if (rset.next())
greeting = rset.getString(1);
rset.close();
stmt.close();
conn.close();
return greeting;
