javasql-serverjdbcjtds

is JTDS driver outdated?

I'm now trying to decide which driver to use to create a DataSource from my JavaEE application to MS SqlServer.

A couple of years ago I had good experience with JTDS, and SO answers suggest that JTDS was a preference back then.

But now I can see that its latest version 1.2.5 is two years old (2009-12-30).

Is it a good enough reason to choose MS proprietary driver, or is JTDS so good that it doesn't require any development anymore? :)

Solution

  • Microsoft JDBC driver is JDBC 4.0 compliant while jTDS is JDBC 3.0.

    Here are some new features and improvements introduced in version 4.0 of JDBC.