After searching the web for free Databases that could integrate easly with
Java JDBC I found Firebird. ( based on Interbase).
Because I'v never used it, but I need a free DB for a future project I need
to know how good is it. So, I'm asking your opinions about it regading the

I am working on a JDO implementation based on the 1.0.1 specification
and I have a rather specific question that I am hopeing somebody can
answer (or perhaps some hints). We want to be able to create
application identity object-ids for every PersistenceCapable class in

I'm new to Java (from a .Net background) and I'm having problems
inserting a 'datetime' field into a SqlServer Database. I can insert a
date (01/01/2004) and a time (eg 01/01/1970 15:23) but not a Datetime
(eg 01/01/2004 15:23).

Is there any special directory where I should place the classpath so it will
become available to a servlet?
As I know from Java, during compilation we have to provide a classpath and
another for execution time... Is it right?

I would like to implement the following logic:
I have two tables SECTION and BRAND. SECTION is related to BRAND via two
foreign keys. I would like to select all SECTIONs whether the FKs are
null or not and fetch the BRAND attributes if present. In other words I

Since files mdb are a lot and not definable in advance, does it exist a way
not to create a ODBC for every single file and open directly the MS-Access
files?

Hopefully, someone can assist me.
I have a Java application that is connecting to an Oracle repository and I
need to incorporate some code to deal with my client taking down Oracle at
a set time every week.

I would be very glad if anyone could help me with this problem:
There is a good example for 'Struts with Hibernate' at
http://homepage.mac.com/edahand/projects/java/example1.html, and
starting from that I tried to use the Hibernate-tier in my own webapp.

Having a bit of a running argument with someone. As far as I can tell
this is a bit of a hole in JDBC (assuming they have the right of it)
or ANSI SQL. Can anyone provide any clarification for me on this?
The scenario is essentially this. I have a table with a nullable

I am writing a term paper about JDBC for a Java programming course I am taking
and one of the sections of the paper is "competing technologies". My question
is are there in fact competitors with JDBC that seek to do the same thing, or
is JDBC pretty mcuh the standard that everyone ...

Hi,
I have this typical problem.
I need to know whether we can store jpeg images under a Long data type
(16 KB column width) column in Oracle DB. Also is it possible to

    I get the RPMs packages from MySQL Web Site.
    I install on Red Hat 8 the following:
    >rpm -i MySQL-server-4.0.18-0.i386.rpm
    >rpm -i MySQL-client-4.0.18-0.i386.rpm

I'm using JDBC to connect to SQL Server 2000 running under windows 2000
server.
Here is the thing. I have another machine , windows 2000 pro that can
connect with the same server. Running the program in w2k pro all is fine,

I am trying to alter the columns within an existing table to change them so
they do not accept NULL values.
I have tried using the sql statement:    ALTER TABLE tbltwptcsvehicle MODIFY
Vehicle_ID NOT NULL;

I am aware that this subject has been discussed in other threads but
I'd like to start fresh and try to present as many alternatives as I
can before gathering feedback.
In a web application that must handle large record sets in a paginated