Current specdiffs for JDBC 4.2

[Mark Rotteveel]

On 18-12-2012 20:41, Lance Andersen - Oracle wrote:
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> On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
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>> On 18-12-2012 20:18, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~lancea/8005080/specdiffs.00/java/sql/DatabaseMetaData-report.html#method:supportsRefCursors()
>>>
>>> What are REF CURSORs, and what are the semantics of a REF CURSOR; is
>>> this purely a change to support the Oracle concept of ref cursor, or are
>>> there other databases that support this (or a similar) concept (if so
>>> which databases)?
>
> See below, multiple drivers support this differently which is why we are adding a consistent view.

Thanks, that clears that up :).

BTW: Is there a preview version of the JDBC spec itself available somewhere?

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel