Checking Oracle Database Connection from Java

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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Date;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class OracleSample {

    public static final String DBURL = "jdbc:oracl:thin:@***.***.***.***:1521:oracledatabase";
    public static final String DBUSER = "username";
    public static final String DBPASS = "Oracle8521";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws SQLException {
     
        // Load Oracle JDBC Driver
        DriverManager.registerDriver(new oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver());
     
        // Connect to Oracle Database
        Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(DBURL, DBUSER, DBPASS);

        Statement statement = con.createStatement();

        // Execute a SELECT query on Oracle Dummy DUAL Table. Useful for retrieving system values
        // Enables us to retrieve values as if querying from a table
        ResultSet rs = statement.executeQuery("SELECT SYSDATE FROM DUAL");
     
     
        if (rs.next()) {
            Date currentDate = rs.getDate(1); // get first column returned
            System.out.println("Current Date from Oracle is : "+currentDate);
        }
        rs.close();
        statement.close();
        con.close();
    }
}
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>># javac -cp "./ojdbc7.jar:." OracleSample.java
>># java -cp "./ojdbc7.jar:." OracleSample
Current Date from Oracle is : 2017-02-09