Generally, the JDBC API enables users to access virtually any kind of tabular data source, such as spreadsheets or flat files, from a Java application. It also provides connectivity to a wide scope of Oracle databases. One of the most important advantages of using JDBC is that it allows users to access any kind of relational database in the same way with code, which means that the user can develop one program with the same code to access either an Oracle database or a MySQL database without code modification. The JDBC 3.0 and JDBC 4.0 specifications contain additional features, such as extensions to sup-port variousRead More →

6.3.3   Add Oracle JDBC Driver to the Project Before we can load and register a JDBC driver, first we need to add the Oracle JDBC Driver we downloaded and installed on our machine as a library file into our current project’s Libraries node to enable our project to find it when it is loaded and registered. Refer to Appendix H to get more details about downloading this JDBC driver. Perform the following steps to finish the JDBC library adding process: 1) Right-click on our project, OracleSelectFaculty, in the Projects window, and select the Properties item from the popup menu to open the Project Properties wizard.Read More →