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 (Open Database Connectivity) is known as an open standard API (Application Programming Interface) used to access the database using application programs.

  • It allows the programmers to instruct different DBMS products which use ODBC statements.
  • These instructions are translated into the API using “ODBC driver” for particular DBMS product.
  • The driver translates the result into a form which was derived from the DBMS and, a part of this standard.

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