Open Database Connectivity

Akronim: ODBC

ODBC
Open Database Connectivity. Open standard developed by Microsoft aiming to provide a
consistent interface to relational databases regardless of which database engine is used
(e.g. SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL). In theory to migrate to another database should only
require the installation of the appropriate ODBC driver for the new
database.
Whilst ODBC does successfully address many of the issues involved in
migrating from one database to another, there are issues outside the scope of ODBC which
can (for some applications) have serious implications when migrating databases.
See also DSN.
Relevant links:

www.unixodbc.org - Homepage for
the unixODBC project, which promotes unixODBC as a standard for using
ODBC on UNIX. Site provides information and downloads.
www.jepstone.net/directory/index.cgi/ODBC_Drivers
- List of many open source ODBC drivers.
www.openlinksw.com - company
that sells ODBC drivers for use on non-Windows platforms.
www.datadirect.com - company
that sells ODBC drivers.

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