Features Added for IBM Informix JDBC Driver, Version 2.21.JC5

The following features were previously documented only in the release notes for Version 2.21.JC5:

• Network encryption

  IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 9.4 and later, enables encryption of data transmitted over a network using an encryption communication support module. IBM Informix JDBC Driver, Version 2.21.JC5 and later, makes this feature available to all JDBC clients by adding a communication support module (CSM) to the JDBC driver.

  For more information on encryption CSM, see Using Network Encryption

• MetaData improvements

  New methods for JDBC 3.0 compliance have been added in the DatabaseMetaData interface.

  For more information on MetaData improvements, see Accessing Database Metadata.

• Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) authentication method

  As of JDBC 2.21.JC5, the JDBC driver has implemented support for handling PAM-enabled Dynamic Server 9.4 and later servers.

  For more information on the PAM Authentication Method, see PAM Authentication Method.

• SQL boolean support

  This feature extends the handling of boolean data types with the IDS servers 9.x and later, and complies with the JDBC 3.0 specification.

  For more information on SQL boolean support, see Data Type Mapping Between Informix and JDBC Data Types.