User guide

Chapter 1

Introduction

Oracle provides the following Oracle JDBC for Rdb drivers:

 Oracle JDBC for Rdb native driver for client-side use with an Oracle Rdb installation

 Oracle JDBC for Rdb thin driver, a 100 percent pure Java driver for client-side use

without an Oracle Rdb installation. This is particularly useful with applets.

The Oracle JDBC for Rdb drivers provide the same basic functionality. They both support

the following standards and features:

 JDK 1.4 / JDBC 3.0

 Same syntax and APIs

The Oracle JDBC for Rdb drivers implement standard Sun Microsystems java.sql

interfaces. It is assumed that the reader of these notes is already familiar with Java and

JDBC.

General information on Java may be found at

http://java.sun.com/reference

General information on JDBC may be found at

http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/index.html

Documentation for HP's Java for OpenVMS system may be found at the following web

sites:

http://www.compaq.com/java/documentation/index.html - Java 2.

http://h18012.www1.hp.com/java/documentation/index.html

In conjunction with the Oracle JDBC for Rdb thin driver, Oracle provides the following

Oracle JDBC for Rdb servers:

 Oracle Rdb thin server

 Oracle Rdb thin multi-process server

 Oracle Rdb thin pool server

The Oracle JDBC for Rdb servers carry out remote database access operations on behalf of

the Oracle JDBC for Rdb thin driver.