Server-Side Basics

This section has the following subsections:

• Session and Transaction Context

• Connecting to the Database

The tutorial presented in "First Steps in JDBC", describes connecting to and querying a database using the client-side driver. The following sections describe some of the basic differences if you run the tutorial using the server-side driver. For a complete discussion of the server-side driver, see "JDBC on the Server: the Server Driver".

Session and Transaction Context

The server-side driver operates within a default session and default transaction context. For more information on default session and transaction context for the server-side driver, see "Session and Transaction Context for the Server Driver".

Connecting to the Database

The Server driver uses a default connection to the database. You can connect to the database with either the DriverManager.getConnection() method or the Oracle-specific API defaultConnection() method. For more information on connecting to the database with the server-side driver, see "Connecting to the Database with the Server Driver".

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