Transcript ODBC-JDBC
Java Database Connectivity
B.Ramamurthy
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Introduction
Most popular form of database system is the
relational database system.
Examples: MS Access, Sybase, Oracle, MS
Sequel Server.
Structured Query Language (SQL) is used
among relational databases to construct
queries.
These queries can be stand-alone or
embedded within applications. This form of
SQL is known as embedded SQL.
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ODBC Architecture
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Open Database Connectivity
(ODBC) Standard
ODBC standard is an interface by which application
programs can access and process SQL databases in a
DBMS-independent manner. It contains:
A Data Source that is the database, its associated
DBMS, operating system and network platform
A DBMS Driver that is supplied by the DBMS vendor
or independent software companies
A Driver Manager that is supplied by the vendor of
the O/S platform where the application is running
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ODBC Interface
It is a system independent interface to database
environment that requires an ODBC driver to be
provided for each database system from which
you want to manipulate data.
The database driver bridges the differences
between your underlying system calls and the
ODBC interface functionality.
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An Example
Application
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Sybase driver
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Application in Java
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Java Support for ODBC : JDBC
When applications written in Java want to
access data sources, they use classes and
associated methods provided by Java DBC
(JDBC) API.
JDBC is specified an an “interface”.
An interface in Java can have many
“implementations”.
So it provides a convenient way to realize
many “drivers”
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Java Support for SQL
Java supports embedded SQL.
Also it provides an JDBC API as a standard
way to connect to common relational
databases.
You need a JDBC:ODBC bridge for using the
embedded SQL in Java.
Java.sql package and an extensive exception
hierarchy.
We will examine incorporating this bridge
using sample code.
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Data Source
Local relational database; Ex: Oracle
Remote relational database on a server;
Ex: SQLserver
On-line information service; Ex: Dow
Jones, Customer database
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Data Source and Driver
Data source is the data base created using
any of the common database applications
available.
Your system should have the driver for the
database you will be using.
For example your Windows system should
have the MS Access Driver.
There are a number of JDBC drivers available.
Information on installing them is available at :
http://industry.java.sun.com/products/jdbc/drivers
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JDBC Components
Driver Manager: Loads database drivers, and
manages the connection between application & driver.
Driver: Translates API calls to operations for a specific
data source.
Connection: A session between an application and a
driver.
Statement: A SQL statement to perform a query or an
update operation.
Metadata: Information about the returned data, driver
and the database.
Result Set : Logical set of columns and rows returned
by executing a statement.
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JDBC Classes
Java supports DB facilities by providing
classes and interfaces for its components
DriverManager class
Connection interface (abstract class)
Statement interface (to be instantiated
with values from the actual SQL
statement)
ResultSet interface
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Driver Manager Class
Provides static, “factory” methods for
creating objects implementing the
connection interface.
Factory methods create objects on demand
when a connection is needed to a DB
driver, DriverManager does it using it
factory methods.
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Connection interface
Connection class represents a session
with a specific data source.
Connection object establishes
connection to a data source, allocates
statement objects, which define and
execute SQL statements.
Connection can also get info (metadata)
about the data source.
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Statement interface
Statement interface is implemented by the
connection object.
Statement object provides the workspace for
SQL query, executing it, and retrieving
returned data.
SELECT {what} FROM {table name} WHERE
{criteria} ORDER BY {field}
Queries are embedded as strings in a
Statement object.
Types: Statement, PreparedStatement,
CallableStatement
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ResultSet interface
Results are returned in the form of an
object implementing the ResultSet
interface.
You may extract individual columns,
rows or cell from the ResultSet using
the metadata.
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JDBC Application Architecture
Application
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JDBC Programming Steps
Import necessary packages; Ex: import java.sql.*;
Load JDBC driver(driver should have been installed)
Data source and its location should have been
registered.
Allocate Connection object, Statement object and
ResultSet object
Execute query using Statement object
Retrieve data from ResultSet object
Close Connection object.
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Identifying Data Sources
It is specified using URL format.
<scheme>: <sub_scheme>:<schemespecific-part>
Example(for local source):
jdbc:odbc:tech_books
Alternatively, for remote connection,
jdbc:odbc://bina.cse.buffalo.edu:4333/tech_boo
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Database servers & IDE
IDE such as Netbeans and App Engines
such as Google automatically support a
relational database server and help
deploy your database.
Small footprints database such as
derby, pointbase, cloudscape are
convenient for prototyping.
Oracle, DB2, MySQL and MS SQL server
are industrial strength DBMS.
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Summary
JDBC API of Java language conforms to the ODBC
standard.
It supports ODBC by providing classes/interfaces
for driver manager, driver, connection, statement
and resultset and others.
You can access various components in JDBC by
instantiating or implementing objects and accessing
their methods.
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