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Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application programming interface (API) forthe programming language Java, which defines how a client may access a database.It is part of the Java Standard Edition platform and provides methods to query andupdate data in a database, and is oriented towards relational databases.

PostgreSQL® JDBC Driver (pgJDBC for short) allows Java programs to connect to a PostgreSQL®database using standard, database independent Java code. Is an open source JDBC driverwritten in Pure Java (Type 4), and communicates in the PostgreSQL® native network protocol.Because of this, the driver is platform independent; once compiled, the drivercan be used on any system.

The current version of the driver should be compatible with PostgreSQL® 8.2 and higherusing the version 3.0 of the PostgreSQL® protocol, and it’s compatible with Java 8 (JDBC 4.2) and above.

This manual is not intended as a complete guide to JDBC programming, but shouldhelp to get you started. For more information refer to the standard JDBC APIdocumentation. Also, take a look at the examples included with the source.