HP Driver for JDBC User's Manual

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Preface
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is a standard Application
Programming Interface (API) for database access from Java. HP Driver
for JDBC is an implementation of the standard JDBC API. It consists of
Hewlett Paclard’s fully-java Driver for JDBC, network protocol and
database server interface components for concurrent access to
IMAGE/SQL and ALLBASE/SQL databases
This manual provides information about installing, configuring and
using HP Driver and server components for JDBC.
• Chapter 1 , “Introduction,” presents a general summary of Java
Database Connectivity (JDBC) and HP Driver for JDBC
components.
• Chapter 2 , “Requirements,” provides information about Java, MPE,
HP-UX, ALLBASE/SQL and IMAGE/SQL versions required to use
HP Driver for JDBC.
• Chapter 3 , “Installation,” describes the installation steps.
• Chapter 4 , “Using the HP Driver for JDBC,” shows how to use
HP Driver for JDBC from Java programs.
• Chapter 5 , “ALLBASE/SQL Specifics,” provides information specific
to ALLBASE/SQL and HP Driver for JDBC.
• Chapter 6 , “Troubleshooting,” discusses common problems
encountered and their solutions.
• Appendix A , “Data Types,” describes ALLBASE/SQL & JDBC data
types.
• Appendix B , “JDBC Monitor,” contains information about JDBC
Monitor for HP-UX and MPE/iX.
• Appendix C , “HP JDBC Server,” presents a detailed description of
HP JDBC Server.
• Appendix D , “Simple Client Source Code,” contains the Java source
code for a demonstration application.
• Appendix E , “HP ALLBASE/SQL JDBC File Lists,” identifies all the
files that are part of this product.