public static Statement OpenConnection(){
		try {
			ConfigHandler();
		} catch (IOException e1) {
			System.err.println("Error: " + e1.getMessage());
			System.err.println("Please place config.txt under your project Root folder.");
		}
		

		String url = "jdbc:mysql://" + configURL + username; //server + database string

		//String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/" + username; //***This is connecting to the local MySQL server

		/* This is for Zach */
		/*
		username = "root";
		password = "";
		String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/" + "avalenti"; 
	    */
		
		Statement stmt = null;
		try {
			Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
		}
		try {
			Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, username, password); //creates a connection with the server
			stmt = con.createStatement();
			}
		catch (SQLException e) {
				System.out.println(e.getMessage());
		}
		return(stmt);
		
	}