RE: JDBC support

 It's native as in it's native to postgresql.

However in Java/JDBC terms, it's a Type 4 driver. This means its written in
pure java and uses the databases own network protocol for communication - it
doesn't use a middle tier (like the openlink driver does).

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Gunnar R|nning
To: Thomas Lockhart
Cc: Ray S. Cunningham; Vince Vielhaber; pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Sent: 29/08/00 15:20
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] JDBC support

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:

> > I could not locate the JDBC driver in the download area of your
website.
> > All I see is the ODBC driver.  When you say you offer a JDBC
connection
> > interface, do you mean only JDBC-ODBC bridge?  If so, when will you
offer a
> > native JDBC driver?  Thanks.
> 
> We have a native JDBC driver. It is included in the distribution

Strictly speaking in JDBC terms the JDBC driver supplied with PostgreSQL
is
not native. A JDBC native driver would have been implemented using C/C++
native code. The portable all Java driver supplied with PostgreSQL is a
more robust and reliable solution than most drivers relying on native
code... 

regards, 
Gunnar