* The only standard size JDBC cookbook in market with clear specification of problems and ready-to-be-used working code solutions (in a cut-and-paste fashion) that work for at least two leading databases such as MySQL and Oracle.

* Most existing JDBC-related books provide only generic solutions, which might not work on any vendor's database. This book shows the importance of vendor factor for solving JDBC problems.

* Complete coverage of database and result set metadata (which is missing from most JDBC books).