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Date Published
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Michael Hunger
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1276
Language
English
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Summary

The Neo4j-JDBC driver version 3.0 is now available, developed primarily by Italian partner Larus BA from Venice. This new driver aims to provide a standard library for integrating Neo4j with other data sources and tools, such as business intelligence suites, ETL tools, and specific system components. The JDBC standard has evolved beyond database access for Java developers to a general integration component that allows tools of all kinds to interact with trusted databases. The new driver supports authentication, connection strings, result metadata, and profiling, among other aspects. It also builds upon the HTTP endpoints and was initially started in December 2011 by Rickard Öberg. The development of this new JDBC driver from scratch using the latest APIs and technologies was driven by requirements from customers to integrate Neo4j with Pentaho, JasperReports, Talend, and QlikView/Qlik Sense. The driver is now available for download, and users can configure and use it with various tools such as Squirrel SQL, Pentaho, TIQ JDBC Connector, Tableau via jdbc2tde, Talend, JasperReports, BIRT, and APOC procedures library.