Open a MySQL connection

public Connection Database(String myHostName, String myUserName, String myPassword, String myDatabase,
final String... startupSQL) throws
Exception {
final Connection dbCon = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://" + myHostName + "/?useSSL=false"
+ "&user=" + myUserName
+ "&password=" + myPassword);
try {
dbCon.setCatalog(myDatabase);
} catch (Exception any) {
try (Statement cs = dbCon.createStatement()) {
cs.execute("create database " + myDatabase);
}
dbCon.setCatalog(myDatabase);
}
if (dbCon == null) {
System.err.println("Connection failed?!?");
return null;
} else if (startupSQL != null && startupSQL.length > 0) {
try {
Statement s = dbCon.createStatement();
for (String sql : startupSQL) {
try {
s.execute(sql);
} catch (SQLException ex) {
System.err.println(sql + " -- " + ex.getMessage());
}
}
s.close();
} catch (SQLException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
return dbCon;
}