nani,
The driver types that I think you are referring to have to do with the underlying technology. See
Types of JDBC technology drivers for more information on this.
I believe that the MySQL jdbc driver (com.mysql.jdbc.Driver) is Type 4.
Philip Shanks, SCJP - Castro Valley, CA
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