| This Chapter | |
| - | Chapter 8: Java Database Connectivity 4.0 |
| - | Driver Loading |
| - | Ease of Development Features |
| - | Support for National Character Sets |
| - | Iterable SQLException |
| - | RowId Type |
| - | SQLXML Interface |
| - | Summary |
Java 6 includes Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) 4.0, which is defined in JSR 221 (http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=221). In this chapter we look at the new features in this latest release of JDBC, which include automatic driver loading, ease of development features, support for national character sets, the RowId type, and the SQLXML interface.