PostgreSQL JDBC Driver (PgJDBC for short) allows Java programs to connect to a PostgreSQL database using standard, database independent Java code. Is an open source JDBC driver written in Pure Java (Type 4), and communicates in the PostgreSQL native network protocol.

The current version of the driver should be compatible with PostgreSQL 8.2 and higher using the version 3.0 of the protocol, and Java 6 (JDBC 4.0), Java 7 (JDBC 4.1) and Java 8 (JDBC 4.2). Unless you have unusual requirements (running old applications or JVMs), this is the driver you should be using.

PgJDBC regression tests are run against all PostgreSQL versions since 8.2, including "build PostgreSQL from git master" version. There are other derived forks of PostgreSQL but have not been certified to run with PgJDBC. If you find a bug or regression on supported versions, please fill an Issue.

Most people do not need to compile PgJDBC. You can download the precompiled driver (jar) from the PostgreSQL JDBC site or using your chosen dependency management tool:

You can search on The Central Repository with GroupId and ArtifactId for:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
    <version>42.2.9</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
    <version>42.2.9.jre7</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
    <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
    <version>42.2.9.jre6</version>
</dependency>

Snapshot builds (builds from master branch) are also deployed to Maven Central, so you can test current development version (test some bugfix) using:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
  <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
  <version>42.2.10-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- Java 8 -->
  <version>42.2.10.jre7-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- Java 7 -->
  <version>42.2.10.jre6-SNAPSHOT</version> <!-- Java 6 -->
</dependency>

There are also available (snapshot) binary RPMs in Fedora's Copr repository.

For more information you can read the PgJDBC driver documentation or for general JDBC documentation please refer to The Java™ Tutorials.

The driver recognises JDBC URLs of the form:

jdbc:postgresql:database
jdbc:postgresql:
jdbc:postgresql://host/database
jdbc:postgresql://host/
jdbc:postgresql://host:port/database
jdbc:postgresql://host:port/

The general format for a JDBC URL for connecting to a PostgreSQL server is as follows, with items in square brackets ([ ]) being optional:

jdbc:postgresql:[//host[:port]/][database][?property1=value1[&property2=value2]...]

where:

• jdbc:postgresql: (Required) is known as the sub-protocol and is constant.
• host (Optional) is the server address to connect. This could be a DNS or IP address, or it could be localhost or 127.0.0.1 for the local computer. To specify an IPv6 address your must enclose the host parameter with square brackets (jdbc:postgresql://[::1]:5740/accounting). Defaults to localhost.
• port (Optional) is the port number listening on the host. Defaults to 5432.
• database (Optional) is the database name. Defaults to the same name as the user name used in the connection.
• propertyX (Optional) is one or more option connection properties. For more information see Connection properties.

In addition to the standard connection parameters the driver supports a number of additional properties which can be used to specify additional driver behaviour specific to PostgreSQL™. These properties may be specified in either the connection URL or an additional Properties object parameter to DriverManager.getConnection.

For information on how to contribute to the project see the Contributing Guidelines

• PostgreSQL International
• YourKit