try{
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(
"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/sonoo","root","root");
//here sonoo is database name, root is username and password
Statement stmt=con.createStatement();
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery("SELECT first_name FROM table WHERE username = '"+ userName+"';");
String fname;
while(rs.next())
fname=new String(rs.getString(1));
System.out.println("First Name:"+fname);
con.close();
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}