The Netbeans Java environment lets you create a connection to a database and retrieve records from the database to display in your Java forms.

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Create a Maven-based Java project in Eclipse. Configure the PostgreSQL JDBC Driver. Create a Java class that holds PostgreSQL's JDBC URL. Programmatically create a database table. Perform the four ...

A developer shouldn't spend time on database table creation when unit tests run. Instead, have Hibernate create tables in the database for JPA and other data-driven applications.