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[Acronym] for __O__pen __D__ata__B__ase __C__onnectivity.
-ODBC is an
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 (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.
-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 people
to implement and release a commercial product based on ODBC, but contrary to popular belief, did not define or standardize it.
+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.
For ODBC drivers for Linux and UNIX-like platforms, try http://www.unixodbc.org/.
