New Features in JDBC 2.0 API

The JDBC 2.0 includes many new features in the java.sql package as well as the javax.sql Standard Extension Package. This section discusses three of the new features from the core 2.0 API and a later section briefly describes a few features found in the Standard Extension Package. The JDBC 2.0 core APIs found in the java.sql package is available as part of the standard SDK 1.3 download. The Optional Package APIs, which are within the javax.sql package, are available as a separate download. You can download the Optional Package at the following URL:

						http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/download.html

The new JDBC 2.0 core features discussed in this chapter are

  • Scrollable ResultSets

  • Updatable ResultSets

  • Batch Updates

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