JDBC and SQL Server 2000 Part II Question

I was asked a question like this...
"Is it possible that I have a web application (jsp/servlets using JDBC) running on Solaris and then the database is in different machine and it is MSSQL Server running on Windows NT? "
I dont know what to say... All I know is it is possible Web application on a machine and Oracle on diff. machine but w/same PLATFORM (Solaris).
Also Web application on a machine and MSSQL/Win Oracle on diff. machine but w/same PLATFORM (Windows NT)
...but w/diff platform Im not sure.

Is it really possible, a web application(on Solaris) accessing a MSSQL database(on different machine and diff. PLATFORM such as Windows)?
Thanks.

Sure it's possible. The question is really about whether someone has developed a JDBC driver for the particular database. In the case of MSSQL, open-source drivers don't exist if, I remember correctly, so you need to get a commercial driver. I have only worked with Oracle/DB2/Sybase/MySQL/PostgreSQL myself so I am not that aware of the situation with MSSQL drivers but this is what I've been hearing for the past couple of years.
The fact that the database is running on a different platform doesn't really matter as the processes running on the two are using TCP/IP anyway, which is standard, and the actual database application protocol is implemented by the driver vendor.
[ June 19, 2003: Message edited by: Lasse Koskela ]

SQL Server open source drivers do exist. My experiences with this driver weren't very good but that was more than a year ago. As far as free closed-source drivers are concerned, I understand Microsoft has recently(-ish) made a JDBC driver available. My understanding is that it will work for the latest version of SQL Server only, and is not the fastest or most feature-rich on the market; however I have no personal experience with it so check it out for yourself.
- Peter

Nice to know, Peter.
Too bad that the development must be quite frustrating... Quoted from the FreeTDS site: FreeTDS was and is developed by observation and experimentation, which is to say, by trial and error.

Thanks Lasse Koskela and Peter den Haan for replying, I appreciate you, have a good day!!!

I dont think it will cause any problem . If you are closing connection in finally block

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