Informix JDBC Driver Programmer's Guide Getting Started

Informix JDBC Driver is a native-protocol, pure-Java driver (Type 4). This means that when you use Informix JDBC Driver in a Java program that uses the JDBC API to connect to an Informix database, your session connects directly to the database or database server, without a middle tier.

Informix JDBC Driver is based on Version 2.0 of the JDBC API.

Informix JDBC Driver is released as a Java class file called setup.class. For instructions on how to install the driver, refer to Installing the Driver.

The product (after installation) consists of the following files, some of which are Java archive (JAR) files:

• lib/ifxjdbc.jar

JAR file that contains the optimized implementations of the JDBC API interfaces, classes, and methods.

The file is compiled with the -O option of the javac command.

• lib/ifxjdbc-g.jar

Debug version of ifxjdbc.jar.

The file is compiled with the -g option of the javac command.

• lib/ifxtools.jar

JAR file that contains the ClassGenerator utility, the lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) loader, and other utilities.

The file is compiled with the -O option of the javac command.

• lib/ifxtools-g.jar

Debug version of ifxtools.jar.

The file is compiled with the -g option of the javac command.

• demo/basic/*

demo/rmi/*

demo/stores7/*

demo/clob-blob/*

demo/udt-distinct/

demo/complex-types/*

Directories that contain the sample Java programs that use the JDBC API. For descriptions of these sample files, see Appendix A, Sample Code Files.

• proxy/IfxJDBCProxy.class

Http tunneling proxy class file.

• proxy/SessionMgr.class

Session manager class file supporting the Http tunneling proxy.

• doc/release/*

Directory that contains the on-line release and documentation notes, as well as the HTML and PDF versions of this programmer's guide.