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[Acronym] for __O__pen DataBase __C__onnectivity.

[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.

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] platforms, try http://www.unixodbc.org/.

One page links to ODBC:

LDAPAddressBook

Last edited on Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:57:23 pm by AristotlePagaltzis

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