import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.Properties;
class TestDB
{	public static void main (String args[])
	{
		try
		{
			Connection conn = getConnection();
			Statement stat = conn.createStatement();

			stat.execute("CREATE TABLE Greetings (Name CHAR(20))");
			stat.execute("INSERT INTO Greetings VALUES ('Hello, World')");
			
			ResultSet result = stat.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM Greetings");
			result.next();
			System.out.println(result.getString(1));
			result.close();
			
			stat.execute("DROP TABLE Greetings");

			stat.close();
			conn.close();
		}
		catch (SQLException ex)
		{
			while (ex != null)
			{
				ex.printStackTrace();
				ex = ex.getNextException();
			}
		}
		catch (IOException ex)
		{
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	public static Connection getConnection() throws SQLException, IOException
	{
		Properties props = new Properties();
		FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream("D:/temp/database.properties");
		props.load(in);
		in.close();
		String drivers = props.getProperty("jdbc.drivers");
		if (drivers != null) System.setProperty("jdbc.drivers", drivers);
		String url = props.getProperty("jdbc.url");
		String username = props.getProperty("jdbc.username");
		String password = props.getProperty("jdbc.password");

		return DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password);
	}
}

java -classpath=C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msbase.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msutil.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\mssqlserver.jar TestDB

Unrecognized option: -classpath=C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msbase.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msu
til.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\mssqlserver.jar
Could not create the Java virtual machine.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: TestDB

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: TestDB

java -classpath .:C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msbase.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\msutil.jar;C:\apps\JDBC\lib\mssqlserver.jar; TestDB