<ul>
<li>JDBC database access</li>
<li>Leveraging the JDBC API</li>
<li>Choosing database drivers</li>
<li>Connecting to a database</li>
<li>Improving performance with prepared statements and stored procedures</li>
<li>Submitting SQL (Structured Query Language) statements</li>
<li>Retrieving and processing results</li>
</ul>