The JDBC 4.0 Packages

The JDBC 4.0 Packages

The java.sql and javax.sql are the primary packages for JDBC 4.0. This is the latest JDBC version at the time of writing this tutorial. It offers the main classes for interacting with your data sources.

The new features in these packages include changes in the following areas:

·         Automatic database driver loading

·         Exception handling improvements

·         Enhanced BLOB/CLOB functionality

·         Connection and statement interface enhancements

·         National character set support

·         SQL ROWID access

·         SQL 2003 XML data type support

·         Annotations