ced in the JDBC 4.0 API</h3>
<UL>
  <LI>auto java.sql.Driver discovery -- no longer need to load a 
<code>java.sql.Driver</code> class via <code>Class.forName</code>
 <LI>National Character Set support added
 <li>Support added for the SQL:2003 XML data type
 <lI>SQLException enhancements -- Added support for cause chaining; New SQLExceptions
 added for common SQLState class value codes
 <li>Enhanced Blob/Clob functionality -- Support provided to create and free a Blob/Clob instance
 as well as additional me