connecting applet using mysql odbc

hope you can help me on how will i connect my applet using mysql odbc.

here is the code hope someone can help me.

String url="jdbc:odbc:mydbase";

String username="myname";

String password="mypass";

try

{

Class.forNam("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

connection=DriverManager.getConnection(url,username,password );

}

catch(ClassNotFoundException cnfex)

{

System.err.println("Failed to Load JDBC/ODBC driver");

cnfex.printStackTrace();

System.exit(1);// terminate the program

}

catch(SQLException sqlex)

{

System.err.println("Unable to connect");

sqlex.printStackTrace();

}

[698 byte] By [teria] at [2007-10-2 18:27:23]