Why jdbc api ?why not use odbc api from java application?

hi guys....am pretty confused abt these jdbc drivers...am unable to understand why we r using jdbc api when odbc api has been in market prior to jdbc.....please clarify my doubt

chari wrote:
hi guys....am pretty confused abt these jdbc drivers...am unable to understand why we r using jdbc api when odbc api has been in market prior to jdbc.....please clarify my doubtbecause jdbc is the way that java does it.
use it or don't.
C++ was in the market before java - why was java developed at all? cobol was in the market before C++ - why was C++ developed at all?
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