Re: JDBC and Oracle

Manfred Sturm <msturm_at_itServe.ch> wrote:
>> >olebra_at_ifhamy.insa-lyon.fr (olivier lebra) wrote:
>> >>Can I use the JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) to communicate with Oracle
>> >>from within Java applets via SQL requests? I think Oracle must implement
>> >>something before we can use the JDBC package. Am I right?
>
>Yes you are.
>
>Rogue Wave (http://www.roguewave.com) has ported their
>successful DBTools.h++ to Java (JDBTools) which supports
>various DBMS on every platform supported by JDBC.

I didn't see any mention of JDBTools on their home page. I don't suppose they include an Oracle JDBC driver in their package, do they?

A JDBC driver (or an ODBC driver + JDBC-ODBC bridge) is all you really need to start doing database programming in Java. JDBTools may make it easier, but it's not necessary.

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