What is a JDBC driver?

JDBC API defines the interfaces and classes that Java programs use to connect to database and send queries. Where as JDBC driver implements these interfaces and classes for a particular DBMS vendor like Oracle,, DB2, mysql.

For Example you can download the jdbc driver for mysql from

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.0.html

Who Provides JDBC Drivers ?

Usually database vendors (IBM(DB2),Oracle, Sybase) provides database drivers specific to their databases.

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