You can consider ODBC a competitor to JDBC, but that doesn't mean you can't connect to ODBC-compliant databases with the JDBC API. A JDBC-ODBC driver allows you to easily connect your Java programs to ...

java -Djdbc.drivers=sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver Second, you can connect to your data source through a third-party, vendor-specific bridge.

How would you like to create your own type 3 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) driver or convert an existing JDBC driver to type 3? Type 3 drivers, primarily useful for Internet/intranet ...