Developer Product Briefs Make a SQL-to-Java Connection SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit ...

Get an overview of JDBC's architecture, then learn how to connect to a database and handle SQL queries and responses with PreparedStatements, transactions, connection pooling, and more.

You can consider ODBC a competitor to JDBC, but that doesn't mean you can't connect to ODBC-compliant databases with the JDBC API. A JDBC-ODBC driver allows you to easily connect your Java programs to ...

Every vendor provides a custom-built JDBC driver to marshal SQL queries back and forth from your Java app to their specific database. To connect to a MySQL database, you must download a MySQL JDBC ...

Read the whole series Part 1: Connect your Java applications to databases—the easy way Part 2: Compile, deploy, and access data using your custom-built JDBC driver Part 3: Enhance the custom ...