SQL Server 2005's Type 4 JDBC driver provides database connectivity from a Java application. Though the driver class and connection URL are a bit different in this version, connectivity is a snap.

We're using JDBC to run statements against SQL Server 2008 R2 on a Windows 2008 R2 machine from a machine running 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with the 2.6.32-32-server kernel.

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

In this article, Nitin Nanda and Sunil Kumar explain JDBC's driver architecture, outline type 3 JDBC drivers' three-tier model, and show how to create your own type 3 JDBC driver.