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-[Acronym] for __O__pen __D__ata__B__ase
__C__onnectivity.
+[Acronym] for __O__pen DataBase
__C__onnectivity.
-ODBC is a standard (in the form of
an [API])
for accessing databases, regardless
of what software they are running
. In
the most basic level you make database calls to
ODBC, which
translates them
into the flavour of [SQL] that
the underlying DataBase understands; the answers are translated back into
ODBC result objects and returned to the user
.
+[
ODBC]
is a standard which defines
an [API] for DataBase access independent
of the underlying DataBase engine
. At
the most basic level [
ODBC]
translates your calls
into the engine's preferred
flavour of [SQL] and returns
the answer as [
ODBC]
result objects.
-The standard was defined by the SQL Access Group, formed in 1989 to "define
and promote standards for database portability and interoperability". It is based on their
[Call-Level Interface|http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=953/ddj9613a/].
MicrosoftCorporation was one of the first companies to implement and release a commercial product based on ODBC, but
contrary to popular belief, did not define or standardize it.
+Both [ODBC]
and the
[Call-Level Interface|http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=953/ddj9613a/] it is based on were defined by the [SQL] Access Group, which formed in 1989 to "define and promote standards for database portability and interoperability"
. While
MicrosoftCorporation was one of the first companies to implement and release a commercial product based on [
ODBC]
, contrary to popular belief, they
did not define or standardize it.
-For ODBC drivers for Linux and UNIX-like
platforms, try http://www.unixodbc.org/.
+For [
ODBC]
drivers for [
Linux]
and [Unix]
platforms, try http://www.unixodbc.org/.
