Get an overview of JDBC's architecture, then learn how to connect to a database and handle SQL queries and responses with PreparedStatements, transactions, connection pooling, and more.

This tutorial shows JDBC and PostgreSQL used, along with JDBC URLs and downloaded database drivers from Maven, to create simple Postgres CRUD apps.

Here we explain the difference between the four JDBC driver types, and how to choose the right JDBC driver for your database-driven Java apps.