Talk:Java Database Connectivity

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NOT an acronym

JDBC does not stand for "Java Database Connectivity". This is a backronym. See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jdbc/getstart/intro.html#1018464, first paragraph. The main page should be titled JDBC, with Java Database Connectivity redirecting to it. --Nambio 00:11, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And from the same site, http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/database/. Sun seems to be contradicting itself for some reason. WP:NAME "[p]refer[s] spelled-out phrases to abbreviations", so even though JDBC is overwhelmingly more popular, the fact that Sun has referred to it as "Java Database Connectivity" mitigates against using the acronym as the page title (see ODBC as a parallel). --DeLarge 23:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I heard it was a trademark issue. In some jurisdictions, you can't trademark an acronym so they had to make JDBC its name, not its acronym. (Northernhenge (talk) 22:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Example is dated

Class.forName("some string"); is back from 1.0 days and while it still works for backwards compatiblity is not preferred. Jon 13:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Type 5

Deleted section on "type 5". There is no clear definition of what a type 5 architecture is, unlike types 1-4. This is not officially terminology adopted through the JCP. It seems to be to be mostly an invention of Progress Software's marketing department.--SJK (talk) 10:51, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Possible Original Research

===Bad Examples===

The Internet is full of wrong JDBC examples, even Oracle and the acquired SUN keep wrong examples where they clearly show they do not know Java has exceptions and resources must be closed in a finally clause.^[1]^[2]^[3]

What is the problem with referencing wrong examples? Do you mean every time I add a reference there is original research? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.218.251.115 (talk) 13:37, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This statement appears to come from an analysis of the reference code, which is original research. While well-intentioned, I'm afraid that either this section should be either deleted or better references should be used. --Sbluen (talk) 06:17, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded, also i think this article reads far too much like a howto SmackEater (talk) 09:08, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Oracle® Database JDBC Developer's Guide, 11g Release 2 (11.2) 2 Getting Started

[2] Oracle® Database JDBC Developer's Guide and Reference, 11g Release 1 (11.1) 29 Database Management

[3] SUN : Advanced Programming for the Java 2 Platform : Chapter 4: JDBC Technology

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