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Basic Features

This chapter covers the most basic steps taken in any JDBC application. It also describes additional basic features of Java and JDBC supported by the Oracle JDBC drivers. It includes the following topics:

• First Steps in JDBC

• Sample: Connecting, Querying, and Processing the Results

• Datatype Mappings

• Using Java Streams in JDBC

• Using Stored Procedures in JDBC Programs

• Error Messages and JDBC

• Server-Side Basics

• Application Basics versus Applet Basics

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