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The JDBC^TM API provides universal data access from the Java^TM programming language. Using the JDBC 2.0 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 2.0 API includes two packages: the java.sql package, known as the JDBC 2.0 core API, and the javax.sql package, known as the JDBC Standard Extension.

The Java^TM 2 SDK, Standard Edition, includes the JDBC 2.0 core API and the JDBC-ODBC Bridge.

The Java^TM 2 SDK, Enterprise Edition, includes the JDBC 2.0 core API and also the JDBC 2.0 Standard Extension. If you do not need everything that is included in the Enterprise Edition, you can download the JDBC Standard Extension separately.
Note that if the javax.sql package is bundled with your JDBC 2.0 technology driver, you will not need to download it.

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 SDK includes the JDBC-ODBC Bridge. This JDBC technology-based driver makes most Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers available to programmers using the JDBC API. The JDBC-ODBC Bridge Guide describes the current status of this software.

• JDBC^TM Technology Guide: Getting Started.

• The JDBC^TM 1.2 Specification. Also available in postscript format and pdf format.
• The JDBC^TM 2.0 Specification Update. Also available in postscript format and pdf format.
• The JDBC^TM Standard Extension Specification. Available in postscript format and pdf format.

• java.sql
• javax.sql
• java.math

• Basic Tutorial
• Advanced Tutorial
• Rowset Tutorial

• Java Native Interface (JNI) Guide.

Located on the Java Software website:

• Answers to Frequently-Asked Questions
• JDBC^TM Technology Drivers Page
• JDBC^TM Technology Home Page

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