If you’ve never seen the above clip from the cult classic This is Spinal Tap, take a minute to watch it. Since we first introduced the idea of JDBC Type 5 drivers to the Java community, one of the two main reactions to it has been: “Type 5 JDBC? That sounds a lot like ‘These [...]
Let’s be frank: no one likes to be told that something that has worked and worked well for years is broken. But that is where Java architects and developers find themselves today in the face of the evidence that JDBC Type 4 drivers do not adequately support the modern Java application stack. Using Hibernate? Running [...]