This section describes Sun's JDBC-ODBC Bridge driver and its features.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge is a free JDBC driver connecting to database base server through ODBC drivers.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge is produced by Sun Microsystems and DataDirect Technologies.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge is included in the JDK (Java SE Development Kit). So you don't need to include any
extra JAR files in your class path.
Main features the JDBC ODBC Bridge driver:
JDBC-ODBC Bridge is a Type 1 JDBC driver (JDBC driver that bridges JDBC to ODBC on the same machine).
The version of JDBC-ODBC Bridge included in Java SE 6 support JDBC 4.0 (JSR 221) specifications.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge can be loaded as sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver directly from JRE, Java Runtime Environment.
JDBC-ODBC Bridge is free.
There are also commercial JDBC-ODBC drivers available. Easysoft JDBC-ODBC Bridge is one of them.
It is actually a Type 3 JDBC driver and supports JDBC 2.1 specifications.
