Using the JDBC interface – PB Docs 126

Using the JDBC interface

You can use the JDBC interface to develop several types of
components and/or applications in PowerBuilder:

• Thin client/server applications

  If a client is already running a JVM (in a running Web browser
  or inside the operating system), the use of the JDBC interface to
  access a database does not require the client-side installation
  and administration of a database driver, which is required when
  using ODBC.

• DataWindow objects to be used in a
  DataWindow Web control for ActiveX

  Using the JDBC interface does not require the installation
  of a database driver on the client, since the JDBC driver can be
  downloaded with the Web ActiveX in a CAB file.

• Transactional components to be deployed
  on EAServer that access a
  database through the EAServer JDBC
  interface

  Using the JDBC interface allows a PowerBuilder transactional
  component to share the same transaction as another component.

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