# JDBC jar files and database updates

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-jar-files-and-database-updates/88729>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [April 12, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-jar-files-and-database-updates/88729 "2024-04-12T08:23:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-jar-files-and-database-updates/88729/1 "2024-04-12T08:23:48Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible that the database would update and the jar files for the jdbc drivers will become outdated and the connection to the database will disappear?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/jdbc-jar-files-and-database-updates/88729/2 "2024-04-12T11:30:53Z")

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Sure, it's possible. The connection wouldn't disappear though, just stop working.

Each JDBC driver's documentation usually has some kind of supported version Matrix, and it's possible that you could be connected to a really old DB version with a really old JDBC driver and that JDBC driver stops working if your DB gets upgraded to something too new.