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JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development

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JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development

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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface

Configuring a JDBC Provider


In this section, we will configure a JDBC connection with the DB2 9 database from the WebSphere application server 6.1. Start the WebSphere application server from the First steps console. Access the WebSphere Administration console from the First steps console, or with the URL https://localhost:9043/ibm/console/logon.jsp.

In the login page, specify the User ID and Password, and click on Login. The administration console page is displayed. The administration console page has provision to configure JDBC, deploy applications, set environment variables, and define login configurations.

Select the Resources | JDBC | JDBC Providers node to configure a new JDBC provider. A JDBC provider is used to access a database. It consists of settings for the database, the JDBC driver type and the driver class.

Select the Scope, Server for defining a new JDBC provider. Scope defines the level at which the JDBC providers are available. WebSphere architecture comprises of three levels...