Originally posted by rajaraman navaneethan:
I dont understand whom do they refer by vendors.
vendor means driver provider, more the times It driver provider is same as database provider and referred commonly as vendor.
As a example if you are using classes12.zip to connect oracle then in
this case DB provider is Oracle and since classes12.zip is given by Oracle so driver provider is also Oracle.
Similarly implementions of other interfaces like PreparedStatement,Statement and other interface are also given by driver provider
for exaplme if you are using sql server and using driver provided by MicroSoft then your both DB provider and driver Provider would be same but you can also use jTDS to connect with SQL Server in this case you Driver provider would change,It would be now jTDS and implemntation of all interface would be given by jTDS driver
Hope this clears you confusions
Shailesh
[ September 16, 2005: Message edited by: Shailesh Chandra ]