Oracle8i JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference Release 2 (8.1.6) A81354-01 |
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This chapter discusses the Oracle JDBC implementations of 1) data sources, a standard facility for specifying resources to use, including databases; 2) connection pooling, which is a framework for caches of database connections; and 3) connection caching, including documentation of a sample Oracle implementation. You will also find related discussion of Oracle JDBC support for the standard Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI).
The following topics are discussed:
For further introductory and general information on these topics, refer to the Sun Microsystems specification for the JDBC 2.0 Optional Package.