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.

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