Question

what is JDBC-ODBC driver?

Answer 1

ODBC is for Microsoft and JDBC is for java applications.ODBC is used to provide connection between front-end application(other than java) and back-end (database like ms-access) and JDBC is used to provide connection between JAVA and database(oracle,sybase,DB2,ms-access).

Answer 2

JDBC Driver is a software component that enables java application to interact with the database. There are 4 types of JDBC drivers: JDBC-ODBC bridge driver. Native-API driver (partially java driver) Network Protocol driver (fully java driver)