// no need to load the driver any more
// Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
// or you can use:
// DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver());
String greeting = null;
Connection conn =
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:default:connection:");
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;
