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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

Creating a Data Source


A data source is a pool of JDBC connections from which a connection can be obtained using the getConnection() method of a DataSource object. In this section, we will create a data source in the WebLogic Server Administration Console. Access the Administration Console with the URL http://localhost:7001/console, and in the Administration Console, select the node Services | JDBC | DataSources.

Click on Lock & Edit to activate the Data Sources page buttons. To create a new JDBC data source, click on New in the Data Sources table.

In the Create a New JDBC Data Source window, specify a data source name, and a JNDI Name for the data source. A data source is bound on a JNDI naming service with a JNDI name. Select a Database Type, and create a data source with the Oracle database. Select Oracle as the Database Type, and select Oracle's Driver (Thin) as the Database Driver, and click on next.

A data source may be configured with any of the commonly used databases. WebLogic...