'''Java Database Connectivity''' ('''JDBC''') is an [[application programming interface]] (API) for the programming language [[Java (programming language)|Java]], which defines how a client may access a [[database]]. It is Java based data access technology and used for Java database connectivity. It is part of the [[Java Standard Edition]] platform, from [[Oracle Corporation]]. It provides methods to query and update data in a database, and is oriented towards [[relational database]]s. A JDBC-to-[[ODBC]] bridge enables connections to any ODBC-accessible data source in the [[Java virtual machine]] (JVM) host environment.
