The driver is compatible with JDBC 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0.

The driver requires a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that is Java SE 8 or higher, including Oracle JDK, OpenJDK, and IBM SDK (Java) distributions.

Note: To use the driver on a Java Platform with standard Security Manager enabled, certain permissions must be set in the security policy file of the Java Platform. See "Required permissions for Java SE with the standard Security Manager enabled" for details.