Chapter 5: Configuring JNDI and JDBC Services

Overview

Most J2EE applications need to access at least one database through JDBC. The recommended way to access databases from JDBC is to do it with JNDI and a data source object. Therefore, in this chapter, you'll cover the following:

• How to configure JNDI

• How J2EE applications typically access databases

• The types of JDBC drivers and data sources available

• How to configure these to work with Oracle and other databases