Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v2.1.1 Release Notes

JDBC Drivers and Databases

Table 2–2 lists databases and drivers that meet the Java EE compatibility requirements. All supported configurations of the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server must contain at least one database/driver combination from this table, such as the bundled Java DB database and driver. In addition, the Enterprise Server is designed to support JDBC connectivity to any additional DBMS with a corresponding JDBC driver.

Table 2–2 Java EE-Compatible JDBC Drivers

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Derby Network Client 

Type 4 

Derby 10.2 

DataDirect 3.6.x, 3.7.x

(Also known as Sun JDBC drivers) 


Note –

Sun JDBC drivers are provided only with Enterprise-profile capable installation bundles.


Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

Oracle 9i 

Sybase ASE 12.5, 15 

MS SQL 2000, 2005 

DB2 9.1 

DB2 8.1, 8.2 

MySQL Connector/J Driver 3.1 

Type 4 

MySQL 5.0 

Oracle 10g, 11g  

Type 4 

Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g 

-RAC 

PostGres 

Type 4 

8.1, 8.2.x

In general, the Enterprise Server v2.1.1 supports all JDBC drivers that meet the Java EE specification.