Sybase IQ 15.3 includes new JDBC drivers that improve platform support for JDBC applications.
New SQL Anywhere Type-2 JDBC 3.0 and JDBC 4.0 drivers can connect to Sybase IQ without the need to install or register the SQL Anywhere ODBC driver. The SQL Anywhere 3.0 JDBC Driver requires JRE 1.4 or later; the SQL Anywhere 4.0 JDBC driver requires JRE 1.6 or later.
To use the SQL Anywhere JDBC driver, load the sybase.jdbc.sqlanywhere.IDriver class that implements the java.sql.Driver interface, and registers the SQL Anywhere JDBC driver with the JDBC DriverManager. After you load the driver, use the jdbc:ianywhere:connection-string-parameters URL to make connections. The connection-string-parameters are the standard connection parameters required to connect to SQL Anywhere
jConnect 7.0 is a high-performance JDBC driver from Sybase that provides direct access to the complete family of Sybase products. jConnect is an optional installation component.
The jConnect driver is a pure Java solution that uses TDS 5.0 (Tabular Data Stream™, version 5), the native protocol for Adaptive Server and Open Server™ applications. jConnect 7.0 is supported on any platform that provides a Java Virtual Machine that is compatible with the JDBC 4.0 specification.
See these topics in the SQL Anywhere documentation:
SQL Anywhere 11.0.1 > SQL Anywhere Server - Programming > SQL Anywhere Data Access APIs > SQL Anywhere JDBC driver