This here is a list of JDBC driver class names and connection strings for some popular databases.

Database JDBC Connection String Driver Name
DB2 jdbc:db2://HOST:PORT/DATABASE com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver
IBM Informix® jdbc:informix-sqli://HOST:PORT/DATABASE: informixserver=IBM Informix instance name;user=user_name; password=password com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver
Microsoft SQL Server jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://HOST:PORT;databaseName=DATABASE; SelectMethod=SELECT_MODE com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
MySQL jdbc:mysql://HOST:PORT/DATABASE com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
MariaDB jdbc:mariadb://HOST:PORT/DATABASE org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
Postgresql jdbc:postgresql://HOST:PORT/DATABASE org.postgresql.Driver
Netezza® jdbc:netezza://HOST:PORT/DATABASE org.netezza.Driver
Oracle Thin jdbc:oracle:thin@HOST:PORT:DATABASE oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Oracle OCI jdbc:oracle:oci:@DATABASE oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
Sybase jdbc:sybase:Tds:HOST:PORT/DATABASE com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbc.SybDriver
Teradata jdbc:teradata://HOST/DBS_PORT=PORT/ DATABASE=DATABASE/CHARSET=UTF8,COMPAT_DBS=true com.ncr.teradata.TeraDriver

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