Database Concepts (7th Edition)
Database Concepts (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133544626
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer
Publisher: PEARSON
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ODBC:

ODBC stands for “Open Database Connectivity”.

  • It is an open standard API (Application Programming Interface) used to access the database using application programs.
  • It allows the programmers to instruct various DBMS products using ODBC statements.

OLE DB:

OLE DB stands for “Object Linking and Embedding Database”.

  • It is an application programming interface used to encapsulate data-server functions.
  • It was designed to access relational databases as well as accessing other data types.
  • OLE DB can be accessed by the programmers, using programs like C, C# and Java. But cannot accessed by VB (Visual Basic) developers and scripting languages.

ADO:

ADO stands for “ActiveX Data Objects”.

  • It is an application programming interface used to access a relational database or non-relational database using windows applications.
  • It contains a set of objects which can be utilized by OLE DB to access users of VB, Jscript, and VBScript.

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