JDBC^TM 2.1 API

The JDBC^TM API is the Java^TM platform standard call-level API for database access. This document contains the final specification of the core JDBC 2.1 API.

1 Introduction

2 Goals

3 Overview of New Features

4 What's Actually Changed

5 Result Set Enhancements

6 Batch Updates

7 Persistence for Java Objects

8 New SQL Types

9 Customizing SQL Types

10 Other New Features and Changes

11 Clarifications

Appendix A: Rejected Design Choices

Appendix B: Additional Suggestions

Appendix C: Change History

Appendix D: Motivation for the SQL99 Proposal