SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.

There a number of pure Java SQL database systems develolpers can embed into applications. In this tip we introduce two open source projects, HSQLDB and Apache Derby.

A SQL Server 2005 connection can be established either from a JDBC application or from a Java EE (formerly, J2EE) application server. The JDBC API is implemented on the Java SE (formerly, J2SE) ...