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Hi,
I put some lines between your questions:


> Is JDBC a propriatory Inprise Java data access system similar to the BDE or
> is it an industry standard?

It is standard for java, it means Java DataBase Connectivity !

>
> Does it support databases like DBase etc.

It supports any SQL-Database. It should be supplied
by any database manufactorer like oracle, sybase, ...
Or you can buy third-party-drivers...

>
> Or is it a database in itself and are the data access comands built into
> Java rather than necessetating distribution of the data access component
> (e.g. the BDE) with the application?
> One of the problems I have with Delphi and C++ Builder is the requirement of
> also having to distribute a database engine as well.

You don't have to distribute a JDBC-driver. Your customers decide
which database they want to use, so it is up to them to buy a JDBC-
driver that works with their database. Your application needs to
be able to be configured by using different driver-names and
database-urls ! Thats all!

>
>
> Thanks,
> Tony Masefield

Martin