Re: Sun buys out MySQL

Lothar Kimmeringer wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> What really constitutes "linking" in Java is not very well defined,
>> but Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver") can definitely be argued
>> to be linking.
> 
> And what about Class.forName(driverName) with driverName being
> initialized from a properties-file being edited by the customer?
> Or using ODBC? Especially with the JDBC-drivers there already have
> been a lot of discussions and opinions differ.

If the Java byte code can work with any database providing
a JDBC version X compliant JDBC driver, then it should not be
considered linking.

Arne