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How to access / connect Android application to Server Database?

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I want to access the database directly from my Application without any web services. I have used many time web Services and by hit URL get Data but How can I access server database directly?

Please Help me how can i do this?


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Anonymous

- 6 years ago

You need a JDBC driver for Microsoft SQL Server. 

Please try http://jtds.sourceforge.net[^]

You can do something like this
 

public void ConnectToDatabase(){
    try {
 
         // SET CONNECTIONSTRING
         Class.forName("net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
         String username = "XXXXXXXXX";
            String password = "XXXXXX";
         Connection DbConn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://192.188.4.83:1433/DATABASE;user=" + username + ";password=" + password);
 
         Log.w("Connection","open");
        Statement stmt = DbConn.createStatement();
        ResultSet reset = stmt.executeQuery(" select * from users ");
 

         EditText num = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.displaymessage);
        num.setText(reset.getString(1));
 
        DbConn.close();
 
        } catch (Exception e)
        {
        Log.w("Error connection","" + e.getMessage());
        }
}