Basic JDBC Features

In this chapter, we look at the core functionality provided by JDBC. WebLogic Server 8.1 supports the JDBC Specification version 2.0. We look first at the basic features offered by JDBC, and then examine the advanced functions in the subsequent sections.

We'll be working with the PointBase database as we look at the features offered by JDBC.

Most of the classes and interfaces that constitute the JDBC API can be found under the package java.sql. In this section, we look at how to use some of these classes. Any classes that are referred in the following sections without being qualified by a package name should be assumed to be in the java.sql package; for example, references to Connection imply the interface java.sql.Connection ...

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