Thin vs Thick Driver

Thin vs Thick Driver

In this tutorial, we are going to discuss about Thin vs Thick Driver. If Driver won’t require any extra Component to communicate with Database, such type of Driver is called Thin Driver.

E.g

Type 4 Driver

If Driver require some extra Component (like ODBC Driver OR Vendor specific Native Libraries OR Middleware Server), such Type of Driver is called Thick Driver.

E.g: Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 Drivers

• Type 1, Type 2 and Type 4 Drivers follow 2-Tier Architecture.
• Type 3 Driver follows 3-Tier Architecture.

Comparison Table of All JDBC Drivers

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