try {
			// Load the JDBC driver
			String driverName = "oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver";
			Class.forName(driverName);
			// url connection string format, a valid format is: "host:port:sid" 
			String urlString = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:port:sid";
			String userName = "yourusername";
			String password = "yourpassword";
 
			Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(urlString, userName, password);
			Statement sta = connection.createStatement();
			String sql = "SELECT *  FROM BLAHBLAHBLAH";
	
			ResultSet rs = sta.executeQuery(sql);
			while(rs.next()){
                           //process reult set
			}
 
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			System.err.println("Could not find the database driver");
		} catch (SQLException e) {
			System.err.println("Could not connect to the database");
		}