New in Version 5.0
Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 ("Yukon") - JSQLConnect 5.0 provides JDBC 3.0 support for access to SQL Server 2005 including support for the important new XML data types that will be available in SQL Server 2005. JSQLConnect 5.0 will continue to support SQL Server specific functionality on the SQL Server 2005 platform such as trusted authentication, prepared statement handles, connection pooling and multiple cursor types.
Secure Connections - JSQLConnect 5.0 provides encrypted connections via SSL to secure instances of SQL Server. The driver also provides the ability to query a SQL Server instance to determine whether it supports secure connections and if it requires secure connections for all client access. Secure connections are available in a range of highly secure cipher suites. Applications can enable secure connections by simply setting a connection property - no coding changes will be required.
NTLM Authentication - JSQLConnect 5.0 supports database authentication using Microsoft's integrated NTLM challenge/response authentication protocol. NTLM authentication provides integrated and secure authentication within a Windows domain environment.
Support for WebSphere 5.0 and 6.0 - JSQLConnect 5.0 provides enhanced support for IBM's Websphere 5.0 and 6.0 application servers by shipping with a customized data store helper that will be used by the Websphere relational resource adapter runtime.