The Type 1 JDBC driver is simply a JDBC-ODBC bridge. The Type 2 JDBC driver is written in a language other than Java, often C++ or C. The Type 3 JDBC driver talks to a middleware server first, not the ...

The original Type 1 drivers were dependent on Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers and native DB libraries on the client side. The modern Type 4 drivers, known as Direct to Database Pure Java ...

JDBC-ODBC bridge driver: A thin Java layer that uses an ODBC driver under the hood. Native API driver: Provides an interface from Java to the native database client.

The ITTIA DB Type 2 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Driver from ITTIA adds integrated SQL storage to Java applications. Database files can be opened directly by the Java Virtual Machine process or ...