Connecting from an application
Once the driver is installed and configured, you can connect from your application to your database in either of the following ways:
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Using the JDBC Driver Manager, by specifying the connection URL in the
DriverManager.getConnection() method.
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Creating a JDBC data source that can be accessed through the Java Naming Directory Interface (JNDI).
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