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The JDBC^TM API provides universal data access from the Java^TM programming language. Using the JDBC 3.0 API, you can access virtually any data source, from relational databases to spreadsheets and flat files. JDBC technology also provides a common base on which tools and alternate interfaces can be built.

The JDBC 3.0 API is comprised of two packages:

1. the java.sql package
2. the javax.sql package, which adds server-side capabilities

You automatically get both packages when you download the Java^TM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE^TM).

JDBC Technology Drivers

To use the JDBC API with a particular database management system, you need a JDBC technology-based driver to mediate between JDBC technology and the database. Depending on various factors, a driver might be written purely in the Java programming language or in a mixture of the Java programming language and Java^TM Native Interface (JNI) native methods. The JDBC web site maintains a list of vendors with drivers currently available or under development.

The latest JDK includes a JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver that makes most Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers available to programmers using the JDBC API. JDBC-ODBC Bridge Driver describes the current status of this software. Note that the bridge driver included in the Java^TM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE^TM) is appropriate only for experimental use or when no other driver is available.

• JDBC^TM Technology Guide: Getting Started

• Specifications
  • Specifications for all releases of the JDBC API are available from our download page

• JDBC API Javadoc^TM Comments
  • java.sql package
  • javax.sql package

• Basic Tutorial
• Advanced Tutorial
• Rowset Tutorial (pdf)

• Answers to Frequently-Asked Questions
• Using Blob objects (Binary Large Objects) Chapter 8 of the JDBC Java Series book
• Using Clob objects (Character Large Objects) Chapter 10 of the JDBC Java Series book
• Java Series book JDBC^TM API Tutorial and Reference, Third Edition
• J2EE documentation web page

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