What protocol do database connections use?

Do database connections use TCP?

HTTP is an application level protocol and usually uses TCP/IP as underlying transport protocol, so even databases like CouchDB that use HTTP also use TCP/IP .

Do databases use TCP or UDP?

Overall, the vast majority of Oracle databases use TCP/IP, because UDP does not have built-in hand-shake dialogues. This means that UDP does not have the same data integrity and reliability and serialization as TCP/IP.

What protocol is used to connect to MySQL?

For programs that use the MySQL client library (for example, mysql and mysqldump), MySQL supports connections to the server based on several transport protocols: TCP/IP, Unix socket file, named pipe, and shared memory.

What protocol is used by JDBC?

JDBC Thin Driver Because it is written entirely in Java, this driver is platform-independent. It does not require any additional Oracle software on the client side. The Thin driver communicates with the server using TTC, a protocol developed by Oracle to access the Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).