Re: ODBC

From: Rick Murphy (rmurphy@itm-inst.com)
Date: Sun May 10 1998 - 18:37:49 PDT

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>Huh? I am very weak on database stuff, but I was of the impression that
>ODBC *wasn't* an on-the-wire protocol, but rather a calling convention for
>database libraries so that arbitrary drivers could interoperate with
>arbitrary database-enabled programs.
Exactly correct. ODBC is a database access API. The underlying database
libraries may use a network protocol to converse with the database,
but they're wildly different. (An application I support will work with
Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server - all of which have different network
protocols.)
	-Rick

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