Title: Database Support

This page provides useful information about JDBC driver settings for various database. All databases below have custom Cayenne DbAdapters and are automatically recognized by Cayenne AutoAdapter.

DB2

Vendor Site http://www.ibm.com/db2/
Driver Name com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver
Sample URL jdbc:db2://127.0.0.1:50000/dbname

Derby

Vendor Site http://db.apache.org/derby/
  Embedded
Driver Name org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
Sample URL jdbc:derby:path-to-hsql-db-files;create=true
  Remote Server
Driver Name org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
Sample URL jdbc:derby://127.0.0.1/testdb

FireBird (Interbase)

Vendor Site http://firebird.sourceforge.net/
Driver Name org.firebirdsql.jdbc.FBDriver
Sample URL jdbc:firebirdsql:127.0.0.1/10007:/path-to-dbname.fdb
Notes FirebirdAdapter hasn't been well-tested for some time. Looking for volunteer FireBird users to help us.

FrontBase

Vendor Site http://www.frontbase.com/
Driver Name jdbc.FrontBase.FBJDriver
Sample URL jdbc:FrontBase://127.0.0.1/dbname

HSQLDB

Vendor Site http://hsqldb.sourceforge.net/
Driver Name org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver
  Embedded
Sample URL jdbc:hsqldb: file:/path-to-hsql-db-files
  Remote Server
Sample URL jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://127.0.0.1

H2

(since Cayenne 3.0)

Vendor Site http://www.h2database.com/
Driver Name org.h2.Driver
  In Memory
Sample URL jdbc:h2:mem:myTestMem;MVCC=TRUE

Ingres

(since Cayenne 1.2)

Vendor Site http://www.ingres.com/products/ingres-database.php
Driver Name com.ingres.jdbc.IngresDriver
Sample URL jdbc:ingres://127.0.0.1:II7/dbname

MySQL

Vendor Site http://www.mysql.com/
Driver Name com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
Sample URL jdbc:mysql://127.0.0.1/dbname

OpenBase

Vendor Site http://www.openbase.com/
Driver Name com.openbase.jdbc.ObDriver
Sample URL jdbc:openbase://127.0.0.1/dbname

Oracle (10i)

Vendor Site http://oracle.com/
Driver Name oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Sample URL jdbc:oracle:thin:@//127.0.0.1:1521/dbname

Oracle (8, 8i, 9i)

Vendor Site http://oracle.com/
Driver Name oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
Sample URL jdbc:oracle:thin:@127.0.0.1:1521:dbname

PostgreSQL (7.4, 8.*)

Vendor Site http://www.postgresql.org/
Driver Name org.postgresql.Driver
Sample URL jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/dbname

SQLite 3.*

(since Cayenne 3.0)

Vendor Site http://www.sqlite.org/ http://www.zentus.com/sqlitejdbc/
Driver Name org.sqlite.JDBC
Sample URL jdbc:sqlite:path_to_dbfile

SQLServer

  Microsoft Driver - SQL Server
Vendor Site http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937724.aspx
Driver Name com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
Sample URL jdbc:sqlserver://127.0.0.1;databaseName=dbname
  Microsoft Driver - SQL Server prior to 2005
Driver Name com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
Sample URL jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://127.0.0.1;databaseName=dbname;SelectMethod=cursor
  jTDS Driver
Vendor Site http://jtds.sourceforge.net/
Driver Name net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
Sample URL jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://127.0.0.1:5000/dbname

Sybase

  Sybase Driver
Vendor Site http://www.sybase.com/
Driver Name com.sybase.jdbc3.jdbc.SybDriver
Sample URL jdbc:sybase:Tds:127.0.0.1:5000/dbname
  jTDS Driver
Vendor Site http://jtds.sourceforge.net/
Driver Name net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
Sample URL jdbc:jtds:sybase://127.0.0.1:5000/dbname;useLOBs=false;TDS=4.2