Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 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

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 5.1.6 

Type 4 

MySQL 5.0 

Oracle 10G 

Type 4 

Oracle 10g 

-RAC 

PostGres 

Type 4 

8.2.x

Table 2–3 lists all the additional databases and drivers scheduled to be supported in the Enterprise Server FCS release.

Table 2–3 Supported JDBC Drivers and Databases (Enterprise Server FCS)

JDBC Driver Vendor 

JDBC Driver Type 

Supported Database Server 

Oracle OCI 

Type 2 

Oracle 9i 

IBM DB2 

Type 2 

DB2 9.1 

In general, the Enterprise Server 2.1 supports all JDBC drivers that meet the Java EE specification.