Support Forums: Message List - jTDS JDBC Driver 1.2 released

jTDS and SQL2K Source Code

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:15:25 -0500

Can anybody post source code for jTDS and SQL Server connections.
TIA,
Mohan

What's the point?

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:18:44 -0500

Nice work Alin. jTDS continues to improve and making a great JDBC driver is a non-trivial activity -- this driver has made a lot of SQL Server customers happy.

Everyone looking for the release version of the new Microsoft driver will have to wait...

Read the README.SSO file

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:02:39 -0500

I see your title now too. Sadly, I'm not much on directions. :)

What's the point?

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 20:56:51 -0500

Actually their recently released driver is much, much better. I don't know how it compares to jTDS...

What's the point?

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:11:28 -0500

The old (SQL Server 2000) JDBC driver from Microsoft was a very old DataDirect driver with ony a few dozen minor bugs fixed in over 4 years. That says something about Microsoft's commitment to Java.

Their recently released driver is OEMed from...

Read the README.SSO file

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:00:36 -0500

There's also the possibility of providing Windows credentials instead of SQL Server user name and password. For this you have to specify a domain property in the...

very good driver

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:53:09 -0500

As far as I can tell there are no compatibility issues between jTDS and particular SQL Server/OS versions. The only issues come from bugs in particular SQL Server service packs but they are completely internal to SQL Server.

Of course every time a...

What's the point?

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:40:26 -0500

Actually their recently released driver is much, much better. I don't know how it compares to jTDS but it's...

Read the README.SSO file

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:59:26 -0500

I have only used it with a Windows client though. Connect to the server with a JDBC URL like "jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://server-name/DATABASE" (no username, no password). As the README.SSO file says "This is done using a native (Windows-only)...

JTDS works with Windows (Native) Authentication

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:19:32 -0500

JTDS lets you connect to SQL Server using native Windows domain authentication.

You can? Please share!

What's the point?

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:10:09 -0500

Well, for one Microsoft's JDBC driver is slow, buggy, and
>> doesn't implement all of JDBC 3.0.

My impression is that M$ intentionally made a slow and buggy JDBC driver for MSSQL so ppl...

JTDS works with Windows (Native) Authentication

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:43:03 -0500

JTDS lets you connect to SQL Server using native Windows domain authentication. The Microsoft-supplied JDBC driver for SQL Server only lets you use SQL Server Authentication. That means that you can have transparent single-sign-on with JTDS but not with...

One other possibly unimportant point...

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:04:51 -0500

I forgot, the other point is that jTDS is fully supported by Hibernate. The Microsoft driver is not.

Not only in hibernate, but also in hibernate synchronizer. I've found out that if you try to reverse-engineer PostgreSQL,...

One other possibly unimportant point...

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:07:33 -0500

I forgot, the other point is that jTDS is fully supported by Hibernate. The Microsoft driver is not.

What's the point?

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:03:13 -0500

What's the point? Well, for one Microsoft's JDBC driver is slow, buggy, and doesn't implement all of JDBC 3.0. jTDS is fast, high-quality, and fully implemented. I, for one, am very glad I don't have to depend on Microsoft to provide me with a decent...