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8.5.OpenLink JDBC Driver (Single-Tier Edition) Demonstration Programs

To assist you further during your utilization or evaluation of OpenLink's Drivers for JDBC a number of demonstration JDBC compliant Applets and Applications are bundled with your OpenLink Driver for JDBC installation, these programs are provided in both binary and source code format for your free use. The sections that follow guide you through the process of using these programs

8.5.1.JDBC Compliant Applet Demos

Three JDBC applet samples are bundled with your OpenLink Driver for JDBC installation, each one of these demonstrating practical use of JDBC applets and highlighting OpenLink specific functionality. Each of these demos reside in the "samples\jdbc\jdk[10 or 11 or 12]" sub-directory below the directory into which you installed your OpenLink software. Each applet is accessible from the OpenLink Admin Assistant (an OpenLink agent that provides HTTP services like any Web Server does). The programs are:

  1. JDBCDemo. demonstrates basic JDBC functionality via an Applet

  2. ScrollDemo. demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset & RowSet Extensions for JDBC on a Record by Record Basis.

  3. ScrollDemo2. demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by JDBC 2.0

  4. RowSetDemo. demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset & RowSet Extensions for JDBC on a RowSet by RowSet Basis.

8.5.2.JDBCDemo

This applet demonstrates basic JDBC functionality via an Applet.

Utilization Steps:

  1. Start the OpenLink Request Broker

  2. Start up your Web Browser

  3. Enter one of the following URLs into your browser depending on the location of your OpenLink Request Broker:

    Local To you:

    http://localhost:8000

    Remote Server:

    http://<hostname or IP address of remote server>:8000
    [Note] Note:

    Port "8000" presumes that you provide this value when prompted during your OpenLink Sever components installation.

  4. Follow the Admin Assistant's Menu tree to the location of the "Sample Applications->JDBC Applet Demos" menu item. The graphic below depicts this process.

    Figure8.7.JDBC Applet Demos

    JDBC Applet Demos

  5. Click on the hyperlink that reads "Applet demonstration with OpenLink Software JDBC Driver"

  6. Use the Applet's File->Set Connection URL menu item set a URL pointing to an ODBC or UDBC DSN. If uncertain follows the instructions laid out in the section covering OpenLink JDBC URL formats which shows you how to construct Type 1, 2, and 3 URL formats for your OpenLink Drivers for JDBC. This applet will run with non OpenLink Drivers for JDBC but you will need to obtain URL construction information from the relevant driver vendor.

    The line below depicts the URL construction dialog presented:

            jdbc:openlink://localhost/DSN=WebJDBCDemo

  7. Enter a valid SQL statement for the back end database that you are connecting to via JDBC and then click on the "Query" button. The screen shot below depicts this process:

    Figure8.8.WebJDBC Applet Demo

    WebJDBC Applet Demo

  8. Basic JDBC 1.1 functionality provides Forward-Only as opposed to Bi-Directional record Scrolling, this is why the basic JDBC applet on has a "Next" button. When you click on the "Next" button you are moved to the next record in your JDBC resultset, unfortunately you have to hit the "Query" button again and re-start the Forward-Only resultset navigation if you need to see the First or Prior resultset records from your current position. The examples that follow show how OpenLink and the new release of JDBC (version 2.0) address the Bi-Directional Scrolling Limitation demonstrated by this Applet.

8.5.3.ScrollDemo

This program demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset & RowSet Extensions for JDBC on a Record by Record Basis.

Utilization Steps:

  1. Start the OpenLink Request Broker.

  2. Start up your Web Browser

  3. Enter one of the following URLs into your browser depending on the location of your OpenLink Request Broker:

    Local To you:

    http://localhost:8000

    Remote Server:

    http://<hostname or IP address of remote server>:8000

    [Note] Note:

    Port "8000" presumes that you provide this value when prompted during your OpenLink Sever components installation.

  4. Follow the Admin Assistant's Menu tree to the location of the "JDBC Applet Demos" menu item. The graphic below depicts this process.

    Figure8.9.WebJDBC Applet Demo

    WebJDBC Applet Demo

  5. Click on the hyperlink that reads "Applet demonstration with OpenLink Software JDBC Scrollable Cursor extensions"

  6. Use the Applet's File->Set Connection URL menu item set a URL pointing to an ODBC or UDBC DSN. If uncertain follows the instructions laid out in the section covering OpenLink JDBC URL formats which shows you how to construct Type 1, 2, and 3 URL formats for your OpenLink Drivers for JDBC.

    The line below depicts the URL construction dialog presented:

    jdbc:openlink://localhost/DSN=WebScrollDemo

  7. Enter a valid SQL statement for the back end database that you are connecting to via JDBC and then click on the "Query" button. The screen shot below depicts this process:

    Figure8.10.WebScroll Applet Demo

    WebScroll Applet Demo

  8. JDBC 1.1 functionality provides Forward-Only as opposed to Bi-Directional Resultset Scrolling, OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset Extensions for JDBC enable Bi-Directional Resultset Scrolling. This is why this applet has an additional set of Resultset Navigation buttons: "First","Next", "Prior","Last", "Lock", "Unlock", "Add", "Update", "Get Bookmark", "Set Bookmark", "and Go To". The existence of Bi-directional Scrollable Result sets (or Cursors) is often presumed by end-users and developers alike, its importance rarely understood prior to embarking upon JDBC application development or product selection, the unfortunate consequence being complex application re-writes or implementation of sub par JDBC solutions. Each of the button in the applet demo is explained below so as to understand the magnitude of this issue:

    Table8.3.Scroll Demo Keys Explained

    Button Explanation
    First takes you to first record in the Resultset
    Next takes you to the next record in the Resultset from your current position
    Prior takes you to the previous record in the Resultset from your current position
    Last takes you to the last record in the Resultset
    Lock locks the current record
    Unlock unlocks the current record
    Add add a new record to database
    Update change current record
    Delete remove current record from database
    Get Bookmark mark current record position for future revisit
    Set Bookmark revisit previous marked position in current ResultSet
    Go To go directly to a specific record number within the current ResultSet
    Refresh Reopen current resultset

8.5.4.ScrollDemo2

This applet demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by JDBC 2.0

This Applet require a browser that is Java Virtual Machine version 1.2.x or 2.x compliant. If you do not have such a Browser, you can simply run the JDBC Application version of this program.

Utilization Steps:

  1. Start the OpenLink Request Broker

  2. Start up your Web Browser

  3. Enter one of the following URLs into your browser depending on the location of your OpenLink Request Broker:

    Local To you:

    http://localhost:8000/

    Remote Server:

    http://<hostname or IP address of remote server>:8000

    [Note] Note:

    Port "8000" presumes that you provide this value when prompted during your OpenLink Sever components installation.

  4. Follow the Admin Assistant's Menu tree to the location of the "Sample Applications->JDBC Applet Demos" menu item. The graphic below depicts this process.

    Figure8.11.Scroll2 Applet Demo

    Scroll2 Applet Demo

  5. Click on the hyperlink that reads "Applet demonstration with OpenLink Software JDBC 2.0 Scrollable Cursors"

  6. Use the Applet's File->Set Connection URL menu item set register your Driver for JDBC 2.0 and then enter a URL pointing to an ODBC or UDBC DSN. If uncertain follow the instructions laid out in the section covering OpenLink JDBC URL formats which shows you how to construct Type 1, 2, and 3 URL formats for your OpenLink Drivers for JDBC. This applet will run with non OpenLink Drivers for JDBC but you will need to obtain Driver registration and JDBC URL construction information from the relevant Driver vendor.

    The screen shot below depicts the URL construction dialog presented:

    Figure8.12.Connection dialog

    Connection dialog

  7. Enter a valid SQL statement for the back end database that you are connecting to via JDBC and then click on the "Query" button.

  8. JDBC 1.1 functionality provides Forward-Only as opposed to Bi-Directional Resultset Scrolling, JDBC 2.0 on the other hand supports Bi-Directional Resultset Scrolling. As a result this applet has an additional set of Resultset Navigation buttons: "First","Next", "Previous","Last", "Insert", "Update", "Absolute", "Relative". Unfortunately JDBC 2.0 does not provide Bookmarking or Row Level concurrency control hence the exclusion of the "Lock", "UnLock", "Go To", "Set Bookmark", "Get Bookmark" navigation buttons provided in the "ScrollDemo" applet. To use this functionality in a JDBC 2.0 environment you simply make use of the OpenLink Scrollable ResultSet & RowSet Extensions.

    Each navigation button is described below so as to shed more light on the Scrollable ResultSet functionality provided by JDBC 2.0.

    Table8.4.Scroll Demo Keys Explained

    Button Explanation
    First takes you to first record in the Resultset
    Next takes you to the next record in the Resultset from your current position
    Previous takes you to the previous record in the Resultset from your current position
    Last takes you to the last record in the Resultset
    Add add a new record to database
    Update change current record
    Delete remove current record from database
    Relative moves N number of records forward from the current record where N represents a value entered into the field beside the "Relative" button. IF the field contains a negative number then it indicates a backwards move.
    Absolute go directly to record number N within the current ResultSet where N represents a value entered into the field beside the "Relative" button, the actual direction of Resultset navigation depends on the actual location of the record in question
    Refresh Reopen current resultset

8.5.5.RowSetDemo

This applet demonstrates JDBC functionality via an Applet. It also demonstrates the additional Resultset navigation functionality provided by OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset & RowSet Extensions for JDBC on a RowSet by RowSet Basis.

Utilization Steps:

  1. Start the OpenLink Request Broker

  2. Start up your Web Browser

  3. Enter one of the following URLs into your browser depending on the location of your OpenLink Request Broker:

    Local To you:

    http://localhost:8000

    Remote Server:

    http://<hostname or IP address of remote server>:8000
    [Note] Note:

    Port "8000" presumes that you provide this value when prompted during your OpenLink Sever components installation.

  4. Follow the Admin Assistant's Menu tree to the location of the "Sample Applications->JDBC Applet Demos" menu item. The graphic below depicts this process.

    Figure8.13.Connection dialog

    Connection dialog

  5. Click on the hyperlink that reads "Applet demonstration with OpenLink Software JDBC Scrollable Cursor RowSet Extensions"

  6. Use the Applet's File->Set Connection URL menu item set a URL pointing to an ODBC or UDBC DSN. If uncertain follows the instructions laid out in the section covering OpenLink JDBC URL formats which shows you how to construct Type 1, 2, and 3 URL formats for your OpenLink Drivers for JDBC. This applet will run with non OpenLink Drivers for JDBC but you will need to obtain URL construction information from the relevant driver vendor.

    The screen shot below depicts the URL construction dialog presented:

    Figure8.14.URL Construction

    URL Construction

  7. Enter a valid SQL statement for the back end database that you are connecting to via JDBC and then click on the "Query" button. The screen shot below depicts this process:

    Figure8.15.Querying

    Querying

  8. JDBC 1.1 functionality provides Forward-Only as opposed to Bi-Directional Resultset Scrolling, JDBC 2.0 provides Scrollable Result sets but does not provide Bookmarking or Attached RowSets (transient RowSets located in the same process space as the ResultSet). OpenLink's Scrollable Resultset Extensions for JDBC address these issues irrespective of JDBC version. As a result this applet has an additional set of Resultset Navigation buttons when compared to the basic JDBC 2.0 Applet in the prior section, the buttons are: "First","Next", "Prior","Last", "Lock", "Unlock", "Add", "Update", "Get Bookmark", "Set Bookmark", "and Go To" . The existence of transient RowSets due to Bi-directional Scrollable Result sets (or Cursors) in JDBC 2.0 is more than likely presumed to exist by end-users and developers alike, it is important that you take note of this before embarking upon JDBC 2.0 application development or product selection. Each of the buttons in the Applet demo is explained below so as to assist in the understanding of these matters:

    Table8.5.Scroll Demo Keys Explained

    Button Explanation
    First takes you to first RowSet in the Resultset
    Next takes you to the next RowSet in the Resultset from your current position
    Prior takes you to the previous RowSet in the Resultset from your current position
    Last takes you to the last RowSet in the Resultset
    Lock locks the current RowSet
    Unlock unlocks the current RowSet
    Add add a new record to database
    Update change current record with the current RowSet of
    Delete remove current record from within the current RowSet from the database
    Get Bookmark mark current RowSet within Resultset for future revisit
    Set Bookmark revisit previous marked RowSet position in current ResultSet
    Go To go directly to a specific record number within the current ResultSet
    Refresh Reopen current resultset

8.5.6.JDBC compliant Application Demos

All the JDBC compliant Applet demos described in the previous sections have also been implemented as JDBC compliant Applications Demos, you can run these programs in a number of ways depending on operating system hosting your Java Virtual Machine.

Windows 95/98/NT/2000

  1. Click on your Windows Start Menu Button

  2. Select the "OpenLink Data Access Drivers" Start Menu Group

  3. Locate the "JDBC Samples" Menu Item

  4. Choose from the list of JDBC Applications presented

Linux or UNIX

  1. Move into your OpenLink base installation directory

  2. The following directory listing shows the location of the various JDBC Application demos by Java Virtual Machine version:

    JDBC/jdk1.0.2/Applications:
JDBCDemo RowSetDemo ScrollDemo
JDBC/jdk1.0.2/Applications/JDBCDemo:
DialogConnection.class JDBCDemo.class
DialogConnection.java JDBCDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.0.2/Applications/RowSetDemo:
DataTextField.class DialogConnection.java readme.txt
DataTextField.java RowSetDemo.class
DialogConnection.class RowSetDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.0.2/Applications/ScrollDemo:
DialogConnection.class ScrollDemo.class readme.txt
DialogConnection.java ScrollDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.1.x/Applications:
JDBCDemo RowSetDemo ScrollDemo
JDBC/jdk1.1.x/Applications/JDBCDemo:
DialogConnection.class JDBCDemo.class
DialogConnection.java JDBCDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.1.x/Applications/RowSetDemo:
DataTextField.class DialogConnection.java readme.txt
DataTextField.java RowSetDemo.class
DialogConnection.class RowSetDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.1.x/Applications/ScrollDemo:
DialogConnection.class ScrollDemo.class readme.txt
DialogConnection.java ScrollDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.2.x/Applications:
JDBCDemo RowSetDemo ScrollDemo ScrollDemo2
JDBC/jdk1.2.x/Applications/JDBCDemo:
DialogConnection.class JDBCDemo.class
DialogConnection.java JDBCDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.2.x/Applications/RowSetDemo:
DataTextField.class DialogConnection.java readme.txt
DataTextField.java RowSetDemo.class
DialogConnection.class RowSetDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.2.x/Applications/ScrollDemo:
DialogConnection.class ScrollDemo.class readme.txt
DialogConnection.java ScrollDemo.java
JDBC/jdk1.2.x/Applications/ScrollDemo2:
DialogConnection.class ScrollDemo2.class
DialogConnection.java ScrollDemo2.java

  3. Move into the appropriate directory and then execute the following command:

    java <classname>

    where "<classname>" represents the JDBC class file hosting your JDBC application demo. For instance if you wanted to run the "RowSetDemo" JDBC application you would type the following:

    java RowSetDemo

Mac OS X

  1. Using the Apple 'Finder', browse to the '/Applications/Utilities' Folder and run the Terminal application.

  2. Move into the appropriate sample directory beneath:

    /Library/Application support/openlink/Samples/JDBC

  3. Execute the following command:

    java <classname>

    where "<classname>" represents the JDBC class file hosting your JDBC application demo. For instance if you wanted to run the "RowSetDemo" JDBC application you would type the following:

    java RowSetDemo
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