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 different in this version, connectivity is a snap.

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 ...

Connect your Java applications to databases—the easy way To access a database management system (DBMS) in Java, you need a JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver.