[News.eclipse.technology.eclipselink] Re: What backend DBs are supported

[David Goodenough <david.goodenough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James wrote:

> Seems like the formatting did not work, trying again.
> <p>
> EclipseLink supports any relational database that is compliant with SQL
> and has a compliant JDBC driver. EclipsLink has extended support for
> several database platforms. The extended support mainly consists of
> providing native sequencing support, schema creation, and certain database
> functions. These platform classes can be found in the
> org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database and
> org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.oracle packages.
> <p>
> These include:
> <p>
> Oracle<br>
> Oracle JDBC (8, 9, 10, 11)<br>
> MySQL <br>
> PostgreSQL <br>
> Derby <br>
> DB2 <br>
> DB2 (mainframe) <br>
> Microsoft SQL Server <br>
> Sybase <br>
> Informix <br>
> SQL AnyWhere <br>
> HSQL <br>
> Microsoft Access <br>
> Attunity <br>
> Cloudscape <br>
> DBase <br>
> PointBase <br>
> TimesTen <br>
> <p>
> EclipseLink has extended support for Oracle JDBC drivers. Including:
> <p>
> LOB's <br>
> NChar's <br>
> XMLType's <br>
> TIMESTAMP (TZ, LTZ)'s <br>
> Native batch writing <br>
> Structured object-relational data-types <br>
> PLSQL data-types and stored procedures <br>
> VPD, RAC, proxy authentication <br>
> XDK XML parser <br>
> <p>
> EclipseLink also has support for structure object-relational data-types
> and databases, and Enterprise Information Systems (EIS, legacy datasources
> and messaging platforms).

Given that XML support is part of the new JDBC spec, can we expect that as 
the drivers support it then eclipselink will also?

Also what is the means to add extended support for other DBs.  Is this 
something that needs a modification of the base source code or can I 
simply register an extension and include it in my application?

David