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Trail: JDK(TM) 1.1 -- And Beyond!
Lesson: What's New in 1.1?

## Java Database Connectivity

> JDBC is a standard SQL database access interface that provides uniform access to a wide range of relational databases. It also provides a common base on which higher level tools and interfaces can be built. This comes with an ODBC Bridge. The Bridge is a library that implements JDBC in terms of the ODBC standard C API.

### Where to Find Documentation

- The JDBC Guide called Getting Started is an excerpt from the Java Series book JDBC(tm) Database Access with Java and is available online in the `JDBC Documentation` area.

- Additionally, you will find the JDBC specification in the same location.

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