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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<html>
<head>
<!--
- Copyright (c) 1998, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 1998, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ The reader/writer facility, available through the
use and update data from a spread sheet, flat file, or any other tabular
data source.
<P>
-<h2>What the JDBC<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 4.1 API Includes</h2>
-The JDBC<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 4.1 API includes both
+<h2>What the JDBC<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 4.2 API Includes</h2>
+The JDBC<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> 4.2 API includes both
the <code>java.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC core API,
and the <code>javax.sql</code> package, referred to as the JDBC Optional
Package API. This complete JDBC API
@@ -58,16 +58,17 @@ of the Java<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> Enterprise Edition
(Java EE<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup>) technology.
<P>
<h2>Versions</h2>
-The JDBC 4.1 API incorporates all of the previous JDBC API versions:
+The JDBC 4.2 API incorporates all of the previous JDBC API versions:
<UL>
- <LI> The JDBC 4.0 API
- <LI> The JDBC 3.0 API
- <LI> The JDBC 2.1 core API
+ <LI> The JDBC 4.1 API</li>
+ <LI> The JDBC 4.0 API</li>
+ <LI> The JDBC 3.0 API</li>
+ <LI> The JDBC 2.1 core API</li>
<LI> The JDBC 2.0 Optional Package API<br>
(Note that the JDBC 2.1 core API and the JDBC 2.0 Optional Package
- API together are referred to as the JDBC 2.0 API.)
- <LI> The JDBC 1.2 API
- <LI> The JDBC 1.0 API
+ API together are referred to as the JDBC 2.0 API.)</li>
+ <LI> The JDBC 1.2 API</li>
+ <LI> The JDBC 1.0 API</li>
</UL>
<P>
Classes, interfaces, methods, fields, constructors, and exceptions
@@ -76,16 +77,18 @@ into the Java platform. When these "since" tags are used in
Javadoc<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup> comments for the JDBC API,
they indicate the following:
<UL>
+ <LI>Since 1.8 -- new in the JDBC 4.2 API and part of the Java SE platform,
+ version 8</li>
<LI>Since 1.7 -- new in the JDBC 4.1 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 7
+ version 7</li>
<LI>Since 1.6 -- new in the JDBC 4.0 API and part of the Java SE platform,
- version 6
+ version 6</li>
<LI>Since 1.4 -- new in the JDBC 3.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
- version 1.4
+ version 1.4</li>
<LI>Since 1.2 -- new in the JDBC 2.0 API and part of the J2SE platform,
- version 1.2
+ version 1.2</li>
<LI>Since 1.1 or no "since" tag -- in the original JDBC 1.0 API and part of
- the JDK<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup>, version 1.1
+ the JDK<sup><font size=-2>TM</font></sup>, version 1.1</li>
</UL>
<P>
<b>NOTE:</b> Many of the new features are optional; consequently, there is
@@ -179,6 +182,17 @@ The <code>java.sql</code> package contains API for the following:
</UL>
</UL>
<P>
+ <h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.2 API</h3>
+<UL>
+ <LI>Added <code>JDBCType</code> enum and <code>SQLType</code> interface</li>
+ <LI>Support for <code>REF CURSORS</code> in <code>CallableStatement</code>
+ </LI>
+ <LI><code>DatabaseMetaData</code> methods to return maximum Logical LOB size
+ and if Ref Cursors are supported</LI>
+ <LI>Added support for large update counts</LI>
+
+</UL>
+<P>
<h3><code>java.sql</code> and <code>javax.sql</code> Features Introduced in the JDBC 4.1 API</h3>
<UL>
<LI>Allow <code>Connection</code>,