Thanks Helen.

I can understand that being a barrier. I guess Sun isn't putting Java
technology on the market for free out of the goodness of their hearts -
they want to make money off it, and the certification processes are a
good place to do that.

Your answer is good enough for me.

Thanks!

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 23:03, Helen Borrie wrote:
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> At 10:19 PM 7/11/2004 -0600, you wrote:
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> >The JDBC specification includes a flag that indicates whether or not the
> >registered driver is JDBC compliant. Jaybird, the firebird driver,
> >indicates that it is not compliant by returning false to this inquiry.
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> > >From experience, I already know that it is sufficiently compliant for my
> >needs. However, it makes autodetection of JDBC compliant drivers
> >awkward when my preferred target will be firebird, and the Jaybird
> >driver says it is non-compliant.
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> >Why is Jaybird reporting noncompliance?
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> I think it has to do with the fact that it costs some thousands of dollars
> to apply for a compliance key. Jaybird of course is non-commercial...
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> For an exact answer, post your question to the firebird-java list.
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> ./heLen
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