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Alont

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Since: Apr 25, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:13 pm
Post subject: what "ODBC" is?
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a software component? where it stay? it's a simple file or a lot of file? how I can use it, what it
can do?
who made this "odbc"?

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Cindy Winegarden

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:13 pm
Post subject: Re: what "ODBC" is? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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In news: 408a3e68.7770765.RemoveThis@msnews.microsoft.com,
Alont <end.RemoveThis@dream.life> wrote:
 > a software component? where it stay? it's a simple file or a lot of
 > file? how I can use it, what it can do?
 > who made this "odbc"?

Hi Alont,

ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity. It's a "translator" that takes
(somewhat) standard commands and transforms them into something that the
back end database (Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access, MS Visual
FoxPro) can understand.

There are ODBC drivers for nearly every database and they usually install
with the OS or the database, or are downloadable from the database
manufacturer's website.

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Ken North

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:50 am
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 > There are ODBC drivers for nearly every database and they usually install
 > with the OS or the database, or are downloadable from the database
 > manufacturer's website.

Cindy,

There are actually ODBC drivers for lots of data sources that are not
"traditional" databases. If you check the link below, you'll find more than 200
ODBC drivers for a large variety of data sources.

ODBC drivers (212)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/odbcvend.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/odbcvend.htm</a>

XQuery engines (29)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/XQueryProc.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/XQueryProc.htm</a>

JDBC drivers (112)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/jdbcvend.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/jdbcvend.htm</a>

..NET providers (20)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/dataprov.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/dataprov.htm</a>

OLE DB providers (53)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/oledbven.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/oledbven.htm</a>

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<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.SQLSummit.com/extendven.htm" target="_blank">www.SQLSummit.com/extendven.htm</a><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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