MX 2.x)

Note: Sun Microsystems Java 2 Platform Standard Edition JDK 5.0 Documentation is provided on the

NonStop Server for Java 5 product distribution CD in an executable file for your convenience in case you

cannot get Java documentation from the Sun Microsystems Web sites. The links to Sun Java

documentation in the JDBC/MX driver documentation go to the Sun Microsystems Web sites, which

provide more extensive documentation than JDK 5.0. HP cannot guarantee the availability of the JDK 5.0

documentation on the Sun Web sites. Also, HP is not responsible for the links or content in the

documentation from Sun Microsystems.

JDBC 3.0 Specification, available for downloading from Sun Microsystems

(http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/download.html).

JDBC API Documentation, includes links to APIs and Tutorials

(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jdbc/index.html)

JDBC Data Access API general information

(http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/index.html)

JDBC Data Access API FAQs for JDBC 3.0

(http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/faq.html)

JDBC API Javadoc Comments

Core JDBC 3.0 API in the java.sql package

(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/sql/package-summary.html)

Optional JDBC 3.0 API in the javax.sql package

(http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/javax/sql/package-summary.html)

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abstract class

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method names; enter these items exactly as shown. For example:

myfile.c

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