| ODBC | JDBC |
|---|---|
| ODBC Stands for Open Database Connectivity. | JDBC Stands for java database connectivity. |
| Introduced by Microsoft in 1992. | Introduced by SUN Micro Systems in 1997. |
| We can use ODBC for any language like C,C++,Java etc. | We can use JDBC only for Java languages. |
| We can choose ODBC only windows platform. | We can Use JDBC in any platform. |
| Mostly ODBC Driver developed in native languages like C,C++. | JDBC Stands for java database connectivity. |
| For Java applications it is not recommended to use ODBC because performance will be down due to internal conversion and applications will become platform Dependent. | For Java application it is highly recommended to use JDBC because there we no performance & platform dependent problem. |
| ODBC is procedural. | JDBC is object oriented. |