public class OracleJdbcTest { String driverClass = "oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"; Connection con; public void init(FileInputStream fs) throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException, FileNotFoundException, IOException { Properties props = new Properties(); props.load(fs); String url = props.getProperty("db.url"); String userName = props.getProperty("db.user"); String password = props.getProperty("db.password"); Class.forName(driverClass); con=DriverManager.getConnection(url, userName, password); } public void fetch() throws SQLException, IOException { PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement("select SYSDATE from dual"); ResultSet rs = ps.executeQuery(); while (rs.next()) { // do the thing you do } rs.close(); ps.close(); } public static void main(String[] args) { OracleJdbcTest test = new OracleJdbcTest(); test.init(); test.fetch(); } }