What is JDBC?

JDBC is Java application programming interface that allows the Java programmers to access database management system from Java code.

What is JDBC?

What is JDBC?

     

JDBC is Java application programming interface that allows the Java programmers to access database management system from Java code. It was developed by JavaSoft, a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems.

Definition
Java Database Connectivity in short called as JDBC. It is a java API which enables the java programs to execute SQL statements. It is an application programming interface that defines how a java programmer can access the   database in tabular format from Java code using a set of  standard interfaces and classes written in the Java programming language.

JDBC has been developed under the Java Community Process that allows multiple implementations to exist and be used by the 
same application. JDBC provides methods for querying and  updating the data in Relational Database Management system  such as SQL, Oracle etc. 

The Java application programming interface provides a mechanism for dynamically loading the correct Java packages and drivers and registering them with  the JDBC Driver Manager that is used as a connection factory for creating JDBC connections which supports creating and executing statements such as SQL INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE. Driver Manager is the backbone of the jdbc architecture.

Generally all Relational Database Management System supports SQL and we all know that Java is platform independent, so JDBC  makes it possible to write a single database application that can run on different platforms and interact with different Database Management Systems. 

Java Database Connectivity is similar to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) which is used for accessing and managing database, but the difference is that JDBC is designed specifically for Java programs, whereas ODBC is not depended upon any language. 

In short JDBC helps the programmers to write java applications that manage these three programming activities:

1. It helps us to connect to a data source, like a database.
2. It helps us in sending queries and updating statements to the database and 
3. Retrieving and processing  the results received from the database in terms of answering to your query.

 

Tutorials

  1. First Step towards JDBC
  2. Accessing the Database from Servlet
  3. Accessing Databases Using Java and JDBC
  4. First Step towards JDBC!
  5. First Step towards JDBC!
  6. Accessing Database from servlets through JDBC!
  7. JDBC, JDBC Tutorial, JDBC Tutorials
  8. What is JDBC?
  9. Product Components of JDBC
  10. Understanding the JDBC Architecture
  11. JDBC Driver and Its Types
  12. JDBC Versions
  13. Features of JDBC 3.0 API
  14. Features of JDBC 4.0
  15. Difference between JDBC 3.0 & JDBC 4.0
  16. Relational Database Concepts
  17. Understanding Common SQL statements
  18. Important JDBC Concepts
  19. Introduction to java.sql package
  20. Driver Manager Class
  21. Understanding Data Source
  22. Understanding Connection Object
  23. Mapping MySQL Data Types in Java
  24. Connecting to a MySQL Database in Java
  25. Creating a Database in MySQL
  26. Creating a Database Table
  27. Creating a MySQL Database Table to store Java Types
  28. Description of Database Table
  29. Deleting a Table from Database
  30. Retrieving Tables from a Database
  31. Inserting values in MySQL database table
  32. Retrieving All Rows from a Database Table
  33. Adding a New Column Name in Database Table
  34. Change Column Name of a Table
  35. Make Unique Column in Database Table
  36. Remove Unique Column in Database Table
  37. Arrange a Column of Database Table
  38. Arrange a Column of Database Table
  39. Sum of Column in a Database Table
  40. Deleting All Rows from a Database Table