JDBC Introduction.

What is JDBC?

  • JDBC stands for Java DataBase Connectivity.
  • JDBC provides a database-neutral set of classes and interfaces that can be used by your Java class.
  • The database-specific code is included in a driver library that is developed by the database vendor.
  • You can use the same JDBC API to talk to many different databases.
  • You will find the JDBC API in the java.sql.* packages and files and the javax.sql.* packages and files, which all is part of the standard Java.

Here is a high-level diagram for the JDBC connection to a database.

  • In short, a client application connects to a Database using JDBC API (Application Programming Interface) and uses the database vendor specific driver and protocol to access the database.

Connecting to a Database using the JDBC API.

  1. To retrieve a resource reference to create a JDBC connection can be done in two ways:
    1. Register and load a database vendor specific JDBC driver and then fetch a DriverManager resource reference OR
    2. Retrieving a DataSource reference that is registered as a connection pool (web server resources registered with the database vendor specific JDBC driver, username, password, DB-location etc.).
  2. Use the resource reference to create a JDBC Connection to the SQL database.
  3. With the JDBC connection create a type of Statement object. Use this Statement object to transfer a SQL (Structured Query Language) statement to the database.
  4. Retrieve the returning result, which will depend on the SQL statement that was send to the database. The result can be either a status for any SQL update, SQL delete or SQL insert or a ResultSet with database table data for a SQL select.

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