This JDBC tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning JDBC technology himself. Topics include installing JDK and SQL Server; using SQL Server JDBC and JDBC-ODBC Bridge drivers; database connection URLs; introduction to Result Set, Meta Data, Prepared Statement, CLOB, and BLOB; connection pooling with DBCP and C3P0. Updated in 2024 (Version v3.14) with minor changes. For latest updates and free sample chapters, visit https://www.herongyang.com/JDBC-SQL-Server.