Types of JDBC Drivers

Types of JDBC Drivers

Hello friends our today topic is Types of JDBC Drivers. Today, there are four types of JDBC drivers in use:

• Jdbc-Odbc Bridge Driver
• Native-API driver (partially java driver)
• Network Protocol driver (fully java driver)
• Thin driver (fully java driver)

Type 1 Drivers are used for testing JDBC applications against an ODBC data source.

Type 2 Drivers require a native database API to be used.

Type 3 Driver is a single JDBC driver used to access a middleware server, which, in turn, makes the relevant calls to the database.

Type 4 Drivers are the most common and are designed for a particular vendor's database.

Type 5 drivers (such as DataDirect Connect for JDBC drivers) offer advanced functionality and superior performance over other driver types.