Java not giving Error!

Question

Here is my code - i am simply checking my MySQL database connection.
But first i have compiled and run the program successfully. but then i have commented the line Class.forName .
Still when i compile it runs successfully, without any error.Why?

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;


public class FirstJbdc {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Connection cn=null;
        try {
            //Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            System.out.println("Driver loaded successfully");
            cn=DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:odbc:myDSN","root", "java");
            System.out.println("Database connected successfully....");
            System.out.println(cn);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // TODO: handle exception
                        e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

I throws an error, alright. It's just that the

catch (Exception e){
     // here the exception is instantiated, but nothing is done about it
}

clause silently swallows your exception.

Try a

System.out.println( e.getMessage() );

in the catch clause