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The JDBC^TM API provides universal data access from the Java^TM programming language. Using the JDBC 3.0 API, you can access virtually any data source, from relational databases to spreadsheets and flat files. JDBC technology also provides a common base on which tools and alternate interfaces can be built.

The JDBC 3.0 API is comprised of two packages:
1. the java.sql package
2. the javax.sql package, which adds server-side capabilities
You automatically get both packages when you download the Java^TM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE^TM).

- JDBC Overview (at Sun)
- Getting Started with the JDBC API (at Sun)
- JDBC API (java.sql package)
- JDBC API (javax.sql package)

Tutorials

- Basic JDBC tutorials (Sun java tutorial)
- JDBC advanced Tutorial (from Sun)
- JDBC RowSet Implementations Tutorial (from Sun)

- Better SQLExceptions in Java 6 (February 2007)
Heinz Kabutz' latest JavaSpecialists newsletter is "Better SQLExceptions in Java 6," detailing the new exception hierarchy available with JDBC 4.0.

Forums

- Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) forum (at Sun Developer Network)
- JDBC Forum at Javaranch