title: Compilation error "Cannot find symbol" on DriverManager.getConnection()
body: <pre><code>    import java.io.FileInputStream;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.sql.Connection;
  import java.sql.DriverManager;
  import java.util.Properties;
  import java.util.logging.Level;
  import java.util.logging.Logger;
  
  public class Jdbc {
  
      public static void main(String args[]) {
  
  
  
          FileInputStream in = null;
          Connection con = null;
          try {
  
              Properties props = new Properties();
              in = new FileInputStream("/external/configuration/dir/db.properties");
              props.load(in);
              in.close();
              String driver = props.getProperty("jdbc.driver");
              if (driver != null) {
                  Class.forName(driver);
              }
              String host = props.getProperty("jdbc.host");
              String port = props.getProperty("jdbc.port");
              String database = props.getProperty("jdbc.database");
              String username = props.getProperty("jdbc.username");
              String password = props.getProperty("jdbc.password");
              con = DriverManager.getConnection(host,port,database,username, password);
          } catch (Exception ex) {
              Logger.getLogger(Jdbc.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
          } finally {
              if (in != null) {
                  try {
                      in.close();
                  } catch (IOException ex) {
                      Logger.getLogger(Jdbc.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                  }
              }
              if (con != null) {
                  try {
                      con.close();
                  } catch (Exception ex) {
                      Logger.getLogger(Jdbc.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                  }
              }
  
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The Error is:</p>
  
  <p>1 error</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\Desktop&gt;javac Jdbc.java
  Jdbc.java:32: cannot find symbol
  symbol  : method getConnection(java.lang.String,java.lang.String,java.lang.Strin
  g,java.lang.String,java.lang.String)
  location: class java.sql.DriverManager
              con = DriverManager.getConnection(host,port,database,username, passw
  ord);
  </code></pre>