Re: JDBC 2.0 Drivers for Oracle

From: Rodney Volz <rodney_at_watchtower.LF.net>
Date: 11 Feb 1999 16:09:47 GMT
Message-ID: <79uvcb$mku$1_at_news.LF.net>


In article <36C03A0C.13E1_at_mail.esrin.esa.it>, James Dickson <James.Dickson_at_mail.esrin.esa.it> wrote:
>Wayne Plourde wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if there are JDBC 2.0 compliant drivers available for
>> Oracle? Is Oracle planning on upgrading there own drivers? If so, when?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Wayne Plourde
>> Applied Visions
>
>
>At http://technet.oracle.com/ I read:
>>
>> The Oracle JDBC OCI driver is a type 2 JDBC driver for Javasoft's JDK 1.0.2 and JDK 1.1.1.
>> Oracle's JDBC Thin driver is a type 4 (100% java) driver for JDK 1.0.2 and JDK 1.1.1.

Don't mix up JDBC types and JDBC API Versions. JDBC type 2 means native code, JDBC API Version 2.0 means additional features. What I would like to have is a type 4 driver with 2.0-Api compliance.

Regards,
-Rodney Volz Received on Thu Feb 11 1999 - 17:09:47 CET

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