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SAP DB JDBC Driver

Features

• 100 Percent pure Java
• Supports JDK 1.2 and higher
• Supports JDBC 2.0 (with JDK 1.2)
• Supports JDBC 3.0 (with JDK 1.4)
• Supports the JDBC 2.0 Standard Extension API (DataSource, XADataSource and ConnectionPoolDataSource)
• Type 4 driver (Connects to the database using the proprietary SAP DB socket protocol)

Download

• Jar File of JDBC Driver (240 KB)
• Sources (236 KB)

Documentation JDBC Quick Start

1. sapdbc.jar must be found through the CLASSPATH (CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:<completepath>/sapdbc.jar or
   java -classpath $CLASSPATH:<completepath>/sapdbc.jar classname)
   For JDK 1.2, you can install the driver as an extension by copying sapdbc.jar to <JAVA Root>/jre/lib/ext.
2. The JDBC driver is implemented by the class com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB,
   the URL must be of the form jdbc:sapdb://<host>/<database_name>

   Class.forName ("com.sap.dbtech.jdbc.DriverSapDB");
                  java.sql.Connection connection =
                  java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection (
                  "jdbc:sapdb://" + host + "/" + database_name,
                  user_name, password)

   When connecting to a local database, the host name can be omitted ("jdbc:sapdb:" + database_name).
3. The minimal JDBC program:
   Statement stmt = connection.createStatement ();
resultSet.next ();
String hello = resultSet.getString (1);
System.out.println (hello);
   
   For the complete example, see HelloSapDB.java (Source) and HelloSapDB.class.
   
   Call as JDK 1.2:
   java -classpath .:sapdbc.jar HelloSapDB -u <user_name>,<password> -d <database_name>
   JDK 1.1:
   java -classpath $CLASSPATH:.:sapdbc.jar HelloSapDB
-u <user_name>,<password> -d <database_name>
4. For detailed connection properties, see the Documentation.
5. The JDBC driver has been successfully tested with the Java query tool DbVisualizer and the JAVA App-Server JBOSS.

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