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JDBCTM: A JavaTM SQL API

Version 1.20
January 10, 1998
Graham Hamilton and Rick Cattell


This is the specification for the JDBCTM API, which is a JavaTM application programming interface to SQL databases.

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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


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