Informix JDBC Driver Programmer's Guide Introduction

This section describes the following parts of the documentation set:

• Printed documentation
• On-line documentation
• Vendor-specific documentation

The following related Informix documents complement the information in this manual:

• If you have never used Structured Query Language (SQL), read the Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial. It provides a tutorial on SQL as it is implemented by Informix products. It also describes the fundamental ideas and terminology for planning and implementing a relational database.
• A companion volume to the Tutorial, the Informix Guide to SQL: Reference, includes details of the Informix system catalog tables, describes Informix and common environment variables that you should set, and describes the column data types that Informix database servers support.
• The Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax provides information about SQL syntax as it is implemented by Informix products.
• Informix Error Messages is useful if you do not want to look up your error messages on-line.

The Informix Answers OnLine CD allows you to print chapters or entire books and perform full-text searches for information in specific books or throughout the documentation set. You can install the documentation or access it directly from the CD. For information about how to install, read, and print on-line manuals, see the installation insert that accompanies Answers OnLine. You can also obtain the same information on the Web at http://www.informix.com/answers.

In addition to the Informix set of manuals, the following on-line files supplement the information in this manual.

On-line files are located in $JDBCLOCATION/doc/release, where $JDBCLOCATION refers to the directory where you installed Informix JDBC Driver.

On-line files are located in %JDBCLOCATION%\doc\release, where %JDBCLOCATION% refers to the directory where you installed Informix JDBC Driver.

Please examine these files because they contain vital information about application and performance issues.

For more information about the JDBC API, visit the JavaSoft Web site at:

http://www.javasoft.com/products/jdk/1.2/docs/guide/jdbc/index.html