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ODBC and JDBC • What are they – libraries of function calls that support SQL statements • Why do we need them – Provide a way for an application to communicate with a database • Why are they good – interoperability ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) Application ODBC interface Driver Manager Driver A DS A Driver C Driver B DS B DS C Adding an ODBC source • Purpose: register a data source • How-to (Windows 2000) – Start->Settings->Control Panel-> Administrative Tools->Data Sources(ODBC) NB: You need to register a new SQL server before you create the DSN Further steps…. • Select the System DSN tab • Click add and choose SQL server (usually the bottom driver listed). Click Finish. Further steps…. • Chose identification entered by the user. Note: this is not the default option, so pay attention • Enter the ID and password I gave you • Agree with everything else in the wizard • Test the data source and if your test succeeds, hit OK JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) • What is it: – Java classes that allow an app to communicate with a database • Three types of JDBC drivers: – Proprietary – Bridge Drivers (e.g. JDBC-ODBC) – JDBC-Net How does it work JDBC-ODBC bridge ODBC driver So, how does it work? You need to load the bridge driver and get a connection from the driver manager Confusing? Let’s look at some code import java.sql.*; Class FirstTry{ public static void main(String[] args){ try{ String url=“jdbc:odbc:myDSN”; /*load the driver from Sun.Even if you don’t understand this, this line is always the same*/ Class.forName(“sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver”); //get a connection Connection con=DriverManager.getConnection(url,”userID”,”password”); }catch…. How does it fit together • Note the DSN in the database url—it is the ODBC DSN • JDBC is just a way for Java applications to do what ASP does with ODBC. What next • Well, just have fun. Check out Sun’s API for the sql package http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/index.html • See Sun’s tutorial on JDBC http://java.sun.com/tutorial The Front End • Web pages: static/dynamic • Techniques for creating dynamic content : – CGI (Perl), ASP, JSP • Requests, Responses and Headers – HTTP: simple, stateless. Client(I.e.browser) requests, web server responds • Requests can be of several types(methods): usually GET and POST ADO • Set of objects to modify and access data through OLE DB interface: • Connection, Command,Recordset,Error • Application uses ADO which talks to OLE DB provider for ODBC, which loads the right ODBC driver. Note: providers represent diverse sources of data, pick the right one