Re: java api vs jdbc

Hi, The API provided by Informix will tie you in to an Informix server, while JDBC will allow you to more easily move to another database if you need to at some later time. While I haven't used either of these yet I would guess the Informix API might perform a bit better. Bill Kevin Mallon wrote: > I want to develop a 'persistence bean' to store java objects for > informix US. I am wondering whether anybody 'listening' has done this. > In particular can someone advise the pros and cons of using Informix's > JDBC driver versus the Java API supplied with US from an implementation > perspective. N.B. I am looking for a generic persistence strategy and do > not want to develop datablades for my object classes. > > Thanks in advance > Kevin