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Greetings all!

I would like to ask for some help from any kind individuals out there,
willing to give a budding Java programmer some help!

I've been playing around with JBuilder for a good while now and am
thoroughly impressed with it.  Up until the start of my java-days, I've
been doing web site design using PHP - including accessing MySQL.  So,
basically...I understand the basics of setting up and navigating a
MySQL database.

What I'm having a problem with is understanding just how exactly Java
makes a connection through JDBC (clearly the most desireable solution)
- what does it do?!  Where?  How?
Moreover, I'd like to understand what JBuilder does for me that I might
want to put to the side while learning the basics.  Ideally, I'd like
information on how to do it on a class-level (not
enterprise-level-voodoo-UML/UP-jargon-style).  This way I'm familiar
with the basics, and when I try to run my program outside of the
JBuilder IDE, it doesn't freak out on me.

I run JBuilder on linux, and so to that end, I've downloaded the
mysql-connector-j driver and put it in it's own special spot.  My
predicament can be best described as "now what?"

I've read piles of documentation on how to set up the MySQL connector,
but those documents need to be tailored to JBuilder for me.  On the
other hand, I've read how to set up JDBC in JBuilder, but those
documents need to be tailored a little to MySQL.  Haha!  Either one
also assumes a level JDBC understanding that I don't quite have yet
because I need to practice!

If you've made it this far and you think you can help me, please
reference tutorial sites that I likely haven't been to (if it's easily
found on google, I've probably already been to it) or give me the
rundown of what's going on here yourself.

Thanks!

Alexander Trauzzi (Omega)
http://iniquity.ca