JDBC in Java

A JDBC connection is created in auto-commit mode by default. This means that each individual SQL statement is treated as a transaction and will be automatically committed as soon as it is executed. If you require two or more statements to be grouped into a transaction then you need to disable auto-commit mode using below … Read more

Method forName() is a static method of java.lang.Class. This can be used to dynamically load a class at run-time. Class.forName() loads the class if its not already loaded. It also executes the static block of loaded class. Then this method returns an instance of the loaded class. So a call to Class.forName(‘MyClass’) is going to … Read more

Connection Pooling is a technique used for sharing the server resources among requested clients. It was pioneered by database vendors to allow multiple clients to share a cached set of connection objects that provides access to a database. Getting connection and disconnecting are costly operation, which affects the application performance, so we should avoid creating … Read more

the JDBC API has 3 Interfaces, (1. Statement, 2. PreparedStatement, 3. CallableStatement ). The key features of these are as follows: Statement This interface is used for executing a static SQL statement and returning the results it produces. The object of Statement class can be created using Connection.createStatement() method. PreparedStatement A SQL statement is pre-compiled and … Read more

JDBC is a set of Java API for executing SQL statements. This API consists of a set of classes and interfaces to enable programs to write pure Java Database applications. JDBC technology drivers fit into one of four categories: A JDBC-ODBC bridgeprovides JDBC API access via one or more ODBC drivers. Note that some ODBC native … Read more