Java Reference
In-Depth Information
25.8.
java.sql
Relational Database Access
The package
java.sql
provides the Java Database Connectivity
™
(
JDBC)
package for using relational databases. These classes and methods can
be implemented directly by your database vendor or through the
industry-standard Open Database Connectivity (
ODBC
) interface.
JDBC
is, in
effect, a mapping of
ODBC
. The
JDBC
package and other issues about rela-
tional databases are covered in
JDBC
™
API
Tutorial and Reference, Third
Edition
.
