JDBC SQL command problems - Mailing list pgsql-general

I've compiled and installed the JDBC driver for Postgresql - Now I'm
attempting to make the connection work, and pass a CREATE command to
postgres.

My database name is "bugs", the user connecting is "java", and its
running on my local machine on port 5432.  I am consistently getting a
"The SQL Exception was thrown" ... after changing things around, I still
get the same result.  I've been reading "JDBC Database Access with Java"
by Hamilton, Cattell, and Fisher, and their example doesn't work.

Help?

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public class JDBC_Connection {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                String url =
"jdbc:postgresql?user=java://localhost:5432/bugs";
                Connection con;
                String createString;
                createString = "create table STUFF " + "(NAME
varchar(30), " + "YOUR_MOM int)";
                Statement stmt;

                try {
                        Class.forName("postgresql.Driver");
                }
                catch(ClassNotFoundException except) {
                        System.out.println("ClassNotFound: didn't
work");
                }

                try {
                        con = DriverManager.getConnection(url);
            stmt = con.createStatement();
                        stmt.executeUpdate(createString);
                        stmt.close();
                        con.close();

                catch(SQLException sqlexcept) {
                        System.out.println("The SQL Exception was
thrown");
                }
        } //End of main in JDBC_Connection class
} //End of JDBC_Connection class bracket