| Call-Level Interface (SQL/CLI) A programming interface designed to support access to from shrink-wrapped . CLI was originally created by a subcommittee of the (SAG). The SAG/CLI specification was published as the (ODBC) specification in 1992. In 1993, SAG submitted the CLI to the and SQL committees. SQL/CLI provides an international standard implementation-independent CLI to access SQL databases. tools can easily access databases through . It supports and encourages a rich set of client-server tools. SQL/CLI is an addendum to 1992 SQL standard (SQL-92). It was completed as ISO standard ISO/IEC 9075-3:1995 Information technology — Database languages — SQL — Part 3: Call-Level Interface (SQL/CLI). The current SQL/CLI effort is adding support for . {(http://www.jcc.com/sql_cli.html)}. (1996-10-27) |