Database

[chewlim]

I am using WinNT 4 as a web server, and i would like to write an applet that will access a database. (Informix Database)

What do i need to install in order it to work?
I am using MS Visual J++ 6.0.

Do i need to install JDBC driver? And what is JDBC driver?

[kib63613]

JDBC is the technique that provide the common interface for so many different API
offered by different database vendors. Using JDBC can help programmer to program
your Java application in an consistent interface to access data in the database. Most
of database vendors support JDBC driver for thier database. Programmers should not
care about that. You may contact the vendor of Informix to understand if they support
the JDBC driver which can be use in the applet but not just applications. Some JDBC
driver may be used in the applications but not in the applet. You should take care of
it.
good luck
Alfred Wu