The Type 4 driver is the pure Java driver. It implements database specific protocol to communicate with the database directly. This driver is provided by the vender itself, this is flexible driver compared to other drivers.Advantages of type4 driverFollowing are the advantages of the type4 driver.It is purely developed in Java and it is the platform independent driver.Unlike type-1 driver there is no need to install OCI, ODBC functions.While using this driver there is no need for middleware server.Disadvantages of type4 driverFollowing are the disadvantages of type4 driver.Type-4 driver internally uses database specific proprietary protocol and it is database dependent. ... Read More

In a Type 3 driver, a three-tier approach is used to access databases. The JDBC clients use standard network sockets to communicate with a middleware application server. The socket information is then translated by the middleware application server into the call format required by the DBMS, and forwarded to the database server.This kind of driver is extremely flexible, since it requires no code installed on the client, a single driver can actually provide access to multiple databases. You can think of the application server as a JDBC "proxy, " meaning that it makes calls for the client application. As a ... Read More

This driver is known as a native API driver. This driver receives the calls from Java application and converts them in to vender specific native API calls. Here, we need to install The vendor-specific driver on the client machines.If we change the Database, we have to change the native API, as it is specific to a database and they are mostly obsolete now, but you may realize some speed increase with a Type 2 driver because it eliminates ODBC's overhead.Advantages of type2 driverFollowing are the advantages of the type2 driver.This type of driver fastest among all the 4 types of ... Read More

It is the ODBC – JDBC bridge driver, it acts as a bridge between JDBC and, ODBC database connectivity mechanism. Using this you can access the databases which support only ODBC. Initially, it is used extensively, since most of the databases supported only ODBC.Whenever Java application sends a request to the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver the request internally calls the ODBC equivalent function and the ODBC driver retrieves the result from the underlying database and sends it back to the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver.Advantages of type1 driverFollowing are the advantages of a type1 driver.Using this single driver, you can access different DataSource.You ... Read More

There are 4 types of JDBC drivers namely, Type-1, Type-2, Type-3 and, Type-4.Type1 It is the ODBC − JDBC bridge driver, it acts as a bridge between JDBC and, ODBC database connectivity mechanism. Using this you can access the databases which support only ODBC. Initially, it is used extensively, since most of the databases supported only ODBC.Whenever Java application sends a request to the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver the request internally calls the ODBC equivalent function and the ODBC driver retrieves the result from the underlying database and sends it back to the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver.Advantages of type1 driverFollowing are the advantages ... Read More

If you want to develop a Java application that communicates with a database, you should use JDBC API. A driver is the implementation of the said API; various vendors provide various drivers, you need to use a suitable driver with respect to the database you need to communicate with. The driver manager loads the driver and manages the driver.Following are the components of JDBC:JDBC DriverManager: The DriverManager class of the java.sql package manages different types of JDBC drivers. This class loads the driver classes. In addition to this whenever a new connection establishes it chooses and loads the suitable driver ... Read More

Following are the new features of JDBC:Makes JDBC calls: While using JDBC Java applications can make JDBC calls these calls submit SQL statements to the driver which in turn accesses the data from the database.Portability: JDBC provides wide level portability.Using JDBC you can request any type of queries from the database.You can use JDBC with different Java applications such like Java Applets, Java Servlets, Java Server Pages (JSPs). Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). To communicate with database.JDBC provides support for advanced datatypes such as BLOB, CLOB etc.Using JDBC you can set save points for database and layer you can rollback to desired ... Read More

To communicate with the Database using JDBC you need the following components.JDBC DriverManager: The DriverManager class of the java.sql package manages different types of JDBC drivers. This class loads the driver classes. In addition to this, whenever a new connection establishes it chooses and loads the suitable driver from the previously loaded ones.Note: From JDBC 4.0 the drivers in the CLASSPATH will be loaded automaticallyJDBC API: It is a Java abstraction which enables applications to communicate with relational databases. It provides two main packages namely, java.sql and javax.sql. It provides classes and methods to connect with a database, create statements ... Read More

JDBC stands for Java Database Connectivity. It is a Java library/specification released by sun microsystems. It enables Java applications to communicate with databases.A JDBC driver is an implementation of the above-mentioned specification i.e. it contains the classes and interfaces to communicate with the database. Using JDBC driver and JDBC API you can write Java applications which will send a request to the database and retrieve the results.I.e. you can connect to the database, create SQL statements, Execute the SQL statements, access and modify the resultant tables using this library.Fundamentally, JDBC is a specification that provides a complete set of interfaces ... Read More

Beside its advantages, ODBC has several drawbacks. Following are the main drawbacks of ODBC.Keeps on changing: ODBC is provided by Microsoft and like other Microsoft products it keeps evolving and the companies using ODBC should keep up with it. In addition to this, you need to pay to use ODBC SDK 8 and later versions.Usage of JNI libraries: Though ODBC solves vendor dependency problems by providing common API to interact with all the databases, at the end of the day ODBC is also a native API therefore, you need to use JNI in your Java applications which is not suggestable.Uncertain: ... Read More