JDBC is a specification for an API that enables platform-independent Java applications to access Vantage using SQL and external stored procedures.
The JDBC API provides a standard set of interfaces for the following:
- Opening connections to databases
- Executing SQL statements
- Processing results
Teradata JDBC Driver provides access to Vantage using the Java language. Teradata JDBC Driver is a type 4 (pure Java) JDBC Driver. It is a set of Java classes that use TCP/IP to communicate directly with Vantage.