Java DataBase Connection (JDBC)
Linkage of databases to Web has both increased functionality of web and made databases much easier to use
All the database vendors agreed on a common interface allowing one to write portable database access code
JDBC provides a set of classes for Java with a standard SQL database access interface.
- Goal is uniform access to a wide range of relational databases
- Resource: http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdbc
Provides an API for database “drivers” to make actual connections and transactions to database products.
- includes JDBC-ODBC bridge to standard ODBC drivers, a common interface for relational databases from C
JDBC is “low-level” interface, calling SQL commands directly but is meant to be a base for higher-level interfaces.