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JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) API enables Java applications to connect to databases and retrieve data. JDBC is one of the most popular database APIs in use today. This is partly due to the popularity of Java and partly to the elegant and user friendly design of JDBC itself. JDBC is vendor neutral. The API is not specific to any database vendor. Common JDBC feaures seamlessly work with any database and JDBC applications are portable across databases.

Ever since Java became the choice of enterprise software developers, database connectivity was a hot subject. JDBC was accepted by many database vendors and JDBC drivers were released quickly. Today, applications servers wuch as WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Geronimo, Tomcat all support JDBC.
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