Q.List, in order, the five steps a Java program follows to connect to and read from a MySQL database using JDBC, naming the key object involved in each step.

Every JDBC program follows the same fixed sequence from loading the driver to closing the connection.

A JDBC program always follows the same five steps, each using a specific JDBC object:

(i) Load the driver. Tell Java which driver knows how to talk to MySQL:

Class.forName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");

(ii) Establish a connection. Ask DriverManager to open a link to the database, giving its address, username and password; it returns a Connection object:

Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(
    "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/school", "root", "pass123");

(iii) Create a statement. Make a Statement object from the connection to carry SQL:

Statement st = con.createStatement();

(iv) Execute the SQL. Run the command. A SELECT uses executeQuery, which returns a ResultSet — the table of rows — read one row at a time with next():

ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("SELECT name, marks FROM student");
while (rs.next()) {
    System.out.println(rs.getString("name") + " - " + rs.getInt("marks"));
}
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Forgetting to close the connection, which wastes database resources. Using executeQuery for an INSERT (it is for SELECT; use executeUpdate for changes). Forgetting rs.next() before reading …