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Flowchart for Developing JDBC Applications

Figure 8.2 shows the steps involved in writing a JDBC application:

1.	In step 1, you define the requirements for your sample application. This is your problem statement for developing the JDBC application.
2.	Because this is a database application, step 2 involves either creating a new table with data in the database (if required), using an existing database table. To access the database, you will need to know details of the database such as instance name, user id, password, and the machine name/host name where the database resides.
3.	In the next step you create and configure a connection pool in the WebLogic Server. (Assume that the JDBC driver for the database that you need to connect to is available ...