Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Learning PostgreSQL

You're reading from   Learning PostgreSQL Create, develop and manage relational databases in real world applications using PostgreSQL

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783989188
Length 464 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Arrow right icon
Toc

Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Relational Databases FREE CHAPTER 2. PostgreSQL in Action 3. PostgreSQL Basic Building Blocks 4. PostgreSQL Advanced Building Blocks 5. SQL Language 6. Advanced Query Writing 7. Server-Side Programming with PL/pgSQL 8. PostgreSQL Security 9. The PostgreSQL System Catalog and System Administration Functions 10. Optimizing Database Performance 11. Beyond Conventional Data types 12. Testing 13. PostgreSQL JDBC 14. PostgreSQL and Hibernate Index

Introduction to JDBC

JDBC is a database-independent application programming interface (API) for enabling the interaction between Java applications and a database. It was specified by the Oracle Corporation, and was first released with Sun JDK 1.1 in 1997.

JDBC does not implement any database-specific instructions by itself, but provides a common framework of interfaces against which the database vendors can implement a driver for a specific database. This enables a Java developer to write code that can be used to connect to any database that provides a JDBC driver without changing the implementation.

JDBC can be divided into four core components:

  • JDBC driver: A collection of Java database-specific Java classes that implement the interfaces defined in JDBC
  • Connections: Each connection object holds one connection to a database, and is responsible for all the communication with the database
  • Statements: Statements and their subtypes are used to execute queries and updates on a database
  • ResultSets...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime