Configure database access for your application

If your application needs to access a backend database, configure JDBC resources in your application server. Your application uses JDBC providers to connect to the database. For information on configuring database access for your application, see these topics.

Manage JDBC providers for your application server
JDBC providers represent JDBC drivers, which your applications use to access databases. This topic describes how to configure and manage JDBC providers for your application server.

Manage data sources for your application server
Data sources represent the databases that your applications use. This topic describes how to configure and manage data sources for your application server.

Administer JDBC providers and data sources with the administrative console
This topic describes how to use the administrative console to configure and manage JDBC providers and data sources.

Use wsadmin to configure a JDBC provider
This topic describes how to configure a JDBC provider with wsadmin.

Use wsadmin to configure a new data source
This topic describes how to create a new data source with wsadmin.

Configure connection pooling
You can create a pool of database connections that your applications use to access data sources. This topic describes how to use the administrative console and wsadmin to configure connection pooling for your application server.