User guide

The thin driver allows a direct connection to any Oracle Rdb database via an Oracle JDBC
for Rdb server using TCP/IP on Java sockets.
Note:
When the thin driver is used with an applet, the client browser must have the capability to
support Java sockets.
2.2.1 Oracle Rdb Database URL Specification Used with the Oracle
Rdb thin driver
When you use the JDBC DriverManager to connect to an Oracle Rdb database using the thin
driver the following connection URL format should be used:
Format
jdbc:rdbThin://<node>:<port>/<database_specification><connect_switches>
Elements
The format elements are described in Table 2–2 RdbThin Format Elements
Table 2-2 RdbThin Format Elements
Element
Description
<node> Is the node name or IP address of the node
that the Rdb JDBC server you wish to
connect to is running on.
<port> Is the port the Rdb thin server you wish to
connect to is listening on.
<database_specification> Is the full file specification of the Rdb
database that you wish to connect to.
<connect_switches> These optional switches may be used to
specify certain settings that should be
established when the database connection is
made.
See Connection Options
for more details.
Example
To connect using the thin driver via an Oracle Rdb thin server to
MY_DB_DIR:PERSONNEL on node BRAVO using port 1701:
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