Connector/J

The Connector/J driver allows working from Java with MySQL databases.

Mysql Connector is a driver created by Mysql AB that will allow you to work with Mysql from programs written in Java. Unlike other drivers, this one is freely distributed, and it performs well.

MySQL Connector/J is a native Java driver that converts the calls generated by JDBC into the network protocol used by the MySQL database. It allows the developer to work with the Java programming language and thus build programs that interact with MySQL.

The MySQL Connector/J is a type IV JDBC driver and contains all the JDBC features to drive MySQL.

In the development of the latest versions, the speed of the driver has increased considerably, gaining speed as well as efficiency. The driver supports output data “streaming” which allows the user to fetch a large number of rows without the need to use a memory buffer. The driver implements a large packet protocol that allows sending rows and fields to BLOBs of up to 2 GigaBytes. In the development version of the same, the new features added in the JDBC API 3.0 are implemented.

The driver has been tested to work with the following application server and database tools:

• Apache
• jboss
• BEA Weblogic
• IBM Visual Age for Java
• IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0
• Forte for Java
• Oracle SQL/J
• TableGen

Download

To install the driver you have to download it from the Mysql page