Appendix: List of JDBC Class Names

A comprehensive list of JDBC databases and their associated class names and connection strings.

Note: The table below may have forced line breaks to improve readability in some formats.
Database name Connection string Class name
IBM DB2 jdbc:db2://hostname:port/databasename COM.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver
JDBC-ODBC Bridge jdbc:odbc:databasename sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver
Microsoft SQL Server jdbc:weblogic:mssqlserver4:​databasename@hostname:port weblogic.jdbc.mssqlserver4.Driver
Sybase (jConnect 5.2) jdbc:sybase:Tds:hostname:port com.sybase.jdbc2.jdbc.SybDriver
Sybase (jConnect 4.2 and earlier) jdbc:sybase:Tds:hostname:port com.sybase.jdbc.SybDriver
PostgreSQL (v7.0 and later) jdbc:postgresql://hostname:port/databasename org.postgresql.Driver
PostgreSQL (v6.5 and earlier) jdbc:postgresql://hostname:port/databasename postgresql.Driver
Oracle OCI 9i jdbc:oracle:oci:@SID oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Oracle OCI 8i jdbc:oracle:oci8:@SID oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
MySQL (MM.MySQL Driver) jdbc:mysql://hostname:port/databasename org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (Microsoft Driver) jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://hostname:port[;DatabaseName​=databasename] com.microsoft.sqlserver.​jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Microsoft SQL Server (Sprinta Driver) jdbc:inetdae:hostname:port?database=databasename com.inet.tds.TdsDriver
Microsoft SQL Server (JTurbo Driver) jdbc:JTurbo://hostname:port/databasename com.ashna.jturbo.driver.Driver
HSQLDB (v1.3 and later) jdbc:HypersonicSQL:databasename org.hsql.jdbcDriver
HSQLDB (v1.2 and earlier) jdbc:HypersonicSQL:databasename hSql.hDriver
Interbase (InterClient Driver) jdbc:interbase://hostname/databasename interbase.interclient.Driver
InstantDB (v3.14 and later) jdbc:idb:databasename org.enhydra.instantdb.jdbc.idbDriver
InstantDB (v3.13 and earlier) jdbc:idb:databasename jdbc.idbDriver
Informix Dynamic Server jdbc:informix-sqli://hostname:port/databasename:​INFORMIXSERVER=servername com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver
IDS Server jdbc:ids://hostname:port/conn?dsn='ODBC_DSN_NAME' ids.sql.IDSDriver
Firebird (JCA/JDBC Driver) jdbc:firebirdsql:[//hostname[:port]/]databasename org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver
Cloudscape RMI jdbc:rmi://hostname:port/jdbc:cloudscape:databasename RmiJdbc.RJDriver
Cloudscape jdbc:cloudscape:databasename COM.cloudscape.core.JDBCDriver
PointBase Embedded Server jdbc:pointbase://embedded[:port]/databasename com.pointbase.jdbc.​jdbcUniversalDriver
Oracle Thin jdbc:oracle:thin:​@hostname:port:SID oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver