JDBC

JDBC stands for Java Data Base Connectivity that defines how a client may access a database. It is a Java API that enables Java programs to execute SQL statements and provides methods for querying and updating data in a database. The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API is the industry standard for database-independent connectivity between the Java programming language and a wide range of databases such as? SQL databases and other tabular data sources, as spreadsheets or flat files. JDBC has been part of the Java Standard Edition since the release of JDK 1.1. Its classes are contained in the Java package java.sql.

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