After registering the driver, the required connection information needs to be passed in the form of a connection URL. The connection URL takes the form:
specifies the name or the IP address of the server to which you want to connect.
port
specifies the port number of the server listener. The default is 5439.
property=value
specifies connection property settings. Multiple properties are separated by a semi-colon. For more information on connection properties, see Using Connection Properties.
The install_dir/samples directory, where install_dir is your product installation directory, contains a sample application that illustrates the steps of connecting to an Amazon Redshift database.
This example shows how to establish a connection to an Amazon Redshift database with user ID/password authentication:
