Using the JDBC Interfaces

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The JDBC API is a set of Java interfaces that allow database applications to open connections to a database, execute SQL statements, and process the results. These include:

java.sql.DriverManager	Loads the specific drivers and supports creating new database connections.
java.sql.Connection	Represents a connection to a specific database.
java.sql.Statement	Allows the application to execute a SQL statement.
java.sql.PreparedStatement	Represents a pre-compiled SQL statement. The following methods have been implemented: Public void setObject (int parameterIndex, Object x) now works when parameter x is of type java.io.Inputstream. All variations of the setCharacterStream () method are implemented. All variations of the setAsciiStream() and setBinaryStream() methods are implemented. All variations of setBlob () and setClob() methods are implemented. The isClosed() method is implemented.
java.sql.CallableStatement	Represents a call to a stored procedure in the database.
java.sql.ResultSet	Controls access to the rows resulting from a statement execution. The following methods have been implemented: All variations of the getCharacterStream () method are implemented. All variations of the getBlob () and getClob() methods are implemented.

Topics

• Importing the InterClient Classes
• The DriverManager Class
• The Driver Class
• The JDBC Connection Class