IDG Figure 1. JDBC connects Java programs to databases. JDBC vs ODBC Before JDBC, developers used Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), a language-agnostic standard approach to accessing a relational ...

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2000 Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Driver. This technology, licensed through an agreement with MERANT DataDirect, enables users of the Java and J2EE platforms to integrate with SQL Server 2000.

SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.