What is the difference between JDBC and ODBC?

Question

Which one can we prefer??

Answer 1

Use native ODBC for:
- Fastest performance for data imports and exports
- Memory-intensive data imports and exports

Use JDBC for:
- Platform independence, allowing you to work with any operating system (including Mac and Linux®), driver version, or bitness [(32-bits / 64-bits)]
- Access to Database Toolbox functions not supported by the native ODBC interface

(source: http://es.mathworks.com/help/database/ug/choosing-between-odbc-and-jdbc-drivers.html?requestedDomain=nl.mathworks.com )