String url = "jdbc:odbc:CustomerInformation";
String userID = "jim";
String password = "keogh";
Statement DataRequest;
Connection Db;
try {
   Class.forName( "sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
   Db = DriverManager.getConnection(url,userID,password);
 }
catch (ClassNotFoundException error) {
      System.err.println("Unable to load the JDBC/ODBC bridge." + 
             error);
      System.exit(1);
}
catch (SQLException error) {
      System.err.println("Cannot connect to the database." + error);
      System.exit(2);
}