JDBC

MySQL JDBC Connection Pool in GlassFish

Creating a connection pool should be a simple and straight forward task in an application server but sometimes it just becomes unnecessarily difficult. That is completely true for creating MySQL connections pools in all versions of GlassFish from 3 onwards.

Java 7 JDBC-ODBC Bridge on Windows 7 64bit

That mouth full of a title sums up quite nicely what I’ve been trying to get working today: a JDBC-ODBC bridge connection to a 32bit Access database running on a 64bit version of Windows 7. Phew, I’m tired just thinking about it.