Microsoft released a free JDBC driver for its SQL Server 2000 database, and Redmond is submitting the driver for certification from Java/J2EE heavyweights like Sun, IBM and BEA.

An official Microsoft JDBC driver potentially widens the market for SQL Server, which has become a billion-dollar-a-year business for the company. However, the company has been reluctant in the past ...

So how is Microsoft doing this? In late January, Microsoft rolled out beta 2 of its level 4 JDBC Drivers for SQL Server 2000.

In this Microsoft SQL Server and JDBC tutorial, you'll learn how to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server in Java using JDBC. The steps are relatively straightforward: Each database is different, so ...