JDBC^TM: A Java^TM SQL API

Version 1.20
January 10, 1998
Graham Hamilton and Rick Cattell

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Goals and philosophy

3 Overview of the major interfaces

4 Scenarios for use

5 Security considerations

6 Database connections

7 Passing parameters and receiving results

8 Mapping SQL data types into Java

9 Asynchrony, Threading, and Transactions

10 Cursors

11 SQL Extensions

12 Variants and Extensions

13 JDBC Interface Definitions

14 Dynamic Database Access

Appendix A: Rejected design choices

Appendix B: Example JDBC Programs

Appendix C: Implementation notes

Appendix D: Change History