It’s interesting to note how often we hear someone say, “Well, I’m using Hibernate, so I don’t really care about JDBC.” In fact, many think they don’t even need a JDBC driver at all, not realizing that the driver operates under Hibernate.
Hibernate has a lot of benefits – it is flexible, and does a...
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Since we first introduced the idea of JDBC Type 5 drivers to the Java community, one of the...
Let's be frank: no one likes to be told that something that has worked and worked well for years is broken. But that is where Java architects and developers find themselves today in the face of the evidence that JDBC Type 4 drivers do not adequately support the modern Java application stack.
Using...
Commenting on a recent Economists article titled "The Return of the Mainframe," Gregg Willhoit explains how IBM's improvements for servicing the cloud have positively impacted the Progress DataDirect Shadow product. This podcast runs for...