JDBC providers

Installed applications use JDBC providers to access data from databases.

The JDBC provider and data source together are functionally equivalent to the J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) Connection Factory. The WebSphere Application Server prerequisite Web site has a current list of supported providers.

Related concepts
Data sources
Connection factory
Related tasks
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider and data source
Creating and configuring a data source using the administrative console
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider using the administrative console
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider and data source using the Java Management Extensions API
Configuring data access for application clients
Migrating a version 4.0 data access application to version 5.1
Creating and configuring a JDBC provider and data source
Related reference
Vendor-specific data sources minimum required settings