Objectives

Before reading this chapter, you should be familiar with the Java programming language and how to write Java applications and applets. After reading this chapter you should understand:

• Types of JDBC drivers supported by DB2

• JDBC interfaces and program flow

• Differences between JDBC 1.22 and JDBC 2.1

• Advanced JDBC 2.1 techniques

• SQLj program design and flow

• SQLj source precompilation and binding

• JDBC and SQLj stored procedures

• Java UDFs