Summary
In this chapter we covered SQL/JDBC programming. We used what we learned to provide database support for our address book application. We took a brief tour of SQL fundamentals, including the SQL sublanguages, DDL and DML.
The exercises showed how to connect and use two different databases: a JDBC–ODBC bridge (Microsoft Access) and a pure JDBC connection (InstantDB). We saw some of the difficulties in porting to and running on multiple databases.
We also saw the importance of modular design when we grafted database support onto the address book application. In addition, we used java.Utils.Properties to make changing properties easier. We also discovered the dynamic capabilities of Python's __import__ statement, which uses the module name ...
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