Though I prefer SQL Server Management Studio to access and work with Microsoft SQL Server database, Sometimes, it's better to connect MSSQL database directly from Eclipse. This will save a lot of time which is wasted on switching between two applications, Eclipse and SSMS. It will also keep your PC fast enough because less application means less overhead. Eclipse IDE allows you to connect to almost all the database you have heard e.g. Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2 etc. All the steps are pretty much same, so once you know how to connect SQL Server database from Eclipse, you can connect Oracle or MySQL by yourself. Since Eclipse connects to the database using JDBC, you need to deploy JDBC drivers in your classpath. This is done part of New Database Connection Profile, one of the steps, which we will see later. In this article, I'll show you step by step guide to connect to Microsoft SQL Server database using Eclipse.
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