What does a JDBC driver do?

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A JDBC driver uses the JDBC™ (Java Database Connectivity) API developed by Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle, that provides a standard way to access data using the Java™ programming language. Using JDBC, an application can access a variety of databases and run on any platform with a Java Virtual Machine.

Which JDBC driver should be used?

Type 1 JDBC drivers are used for testing JDBC applications against an ODBC data source. Type 2 JDBC drivers require a native database API to be used.

What is JDBC why it is needed?

The JDBC API is a Java API that can access any kind of tabular data, especially data stored in a relational database. JDBC helps you to write Java applications that manage these three programming activities: Connect to a data source, like a database. Send queries and update statements to the database.

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Type 1 JDBC drivers are used for testing JDBC applications against an ODBC data source. Type 2 JDBC drivers require a native database API to be used.

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The JDBC API is a Java API that can access any kind of tabular data, especially data stored in a relational database. JDBC helps you to write Java applications that manage these three programming activities: Connect to a data source, like a database. Send queries and update statements to the database.

What does a JDBC driver do?

Which JDBC driver should be used?

What is JDBC why it is needed?

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