Advantages of SQLJ over JDBC for Static SQL

JDBC provides a complete dynamic SQL interface to access databases from Java programs. Although static SQL statements can be used in your JDBC programs, they are more conveniently represented in SQLJ. Using SQLJ instead of JDBC for static SQL provides several advantages:

  • SQLJ provides a shorter syntax compared to JDBC, making the programs more compact.

  • JDBC is a dynamic API and therefore doesn't perform any type checking until runtime. SQLJ, on the other hand, can trap errors earlier.

  • SQLJ enables Java bind expressions to be embedded directly within SQL statements.

  • SQLJ simplifies the calling of SQL stored procedures and functions.

The biggest disadvantage of using SQLJ is the extra steps that result ...

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