MySQL Connector/J
Abstract
This manual describes MySQL Connector/J, the JDBC implementation
for communicating with MySQL servers.
Document generated on: 2012-06-21 (revision: 30882)
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This manual describes MySQL Connector/J, the JDBC implementation
for communicating with MySQL servers.
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Chapter 1. MySQL Connector/J
This section explains how to configure and develop Java
applications with MySQL Connector/J, the JDBC driver that is
integrated with MySQL.
Chapter 2. Connector/J Versions
There are currently four versions of MySQL Connector/J available:
* Connector/J 5.1 is the Type 4 pure Java JDBC driver, which
conforms to the JDBC 3.0 and JDBC 4.0 specifications. It
provides compatibility with all the functionality of MySQL,
including 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4 and 5.5. Connector/J 5.1 provides
ease of development features, including auto-registration with
the Driver Manager, standardized validity checks, categorized
SQLExceptions, support for the JDBC-4.0 XML processing, per
connection client information, NCHAR
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/char.html), NVARCHAR
(http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/char.html) and NCLOB
types. This release also includes all bug fixes up to and
including Connector/J 5.0.6.
* Connector/J 5.0 provides support for all the functionality
offered by Connector/J 3.1 and includes distributed
transaction (XA) support.
* Connector/J 3.1 was designed for connectivity to MySQL 4.1 and
MySQL 5.0 servers and provides support for all the
functionality in MySQL 5.0 except distributed transaction (XA)
support.
* Connector/J 3.0 provides core functionality and was designed
for connectivity to MySQL 3.x or MySQL 4.1 servers, although
it provides basic compatibility with later versions of MySQL.