Subject Re: [Firebird-Java] Jaybird port to J2ME?
Author Blas Rodriguez Somoza
Hello

At 01/02/2003 16:15 -0800, William L. Thomson Jr. wrote:
>Blas,
>
>On Sat, 2003-02-01 at 02:30, Blas Rodriguez Somoza wrote:
>>
>> It is possible to modify the driver so it can be used with or without
>> libraries outside the J2SDK (as JCA), I do it some weeks ago and is
>> not very difficult.
>
>Great I will look further into this when I have time.
>
>> I don't know exactly which parts of J2SDK are not in J2ME. Can you
>> explain me?
>
>There is a ton of stuff in J2SDK that is not in J2ME. For example J2ME
>has little to no JDBC support. There is a separate mini JDBC library
>that is available, but does not come with J2ME.
>
>http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/download.html#cdcfp

If I don't make a mistake, Jeode includes also java.sql, although I don't know if it complete or not.

I read http://www.insignia.com/content/products/pda.shtml

>> Also, can you give some reasons why J2ME support is important for FB?.
>
>If people like me are developing apps that will need to run on portable
>devices as well, it will make Firebird look more attractive. Or at least
>keep Firebird in there as a consideration for the apps RDMS.
>
>Just one more reason to use Firebird.
>
>> Which databases drives support it, etc?
>
> From initial research using Google, it looks like the PostgreSQL JDBC
>driver can be compiled using ANT and a few options to make a J2ME
>version of the driver.
>
>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2002-03/msg00219.php
>
>Not clear if MySQL is the same or similar, or has any support for J2ME.
>
>DB2 definitely has support, and I believe Oracle is on their way.
>
>http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/jdbcme
>http://studio.oraclemobile.com/studio/sites/otn/j2me.html
>

Good time to go inside this market.

I'll try to compile a modified version of the driver for your platform. Which tool do you use for development?

Regards
Blas Rodriguez Somoza