JDBC Resources

A Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) resource (data source) provides applications with the means of connecting to a database. Typically, the administrator creates a JDBC resource for each database accessed by the applications deployed in a domain; however, more than one JDBC resource can be created for a database.

Applications get a database connection from a connection pool by looking up a data source on the Java Naming and Directory Interface (J.N.D.I.) API tree and then requesting a connection. The connection pool associated with the data source provides the connection to the application.

The JDBC Resources page displays a list of resources that have been created on the application server. For each resource, the following information is provided:

JNDI Name

The JNDI name associated with the resource.

Enabled

True if the resource is enabled, or false if the resource is disabled.

Connection Pool

The JDBC connection pool associated with the resource.

Description

A description of the application.

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