| Open DataBase Connectivity (ODBC) A for accessing different systems. There are interfaces for , {Visual C++}, and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the , , , Text, and databases. An application can submit statements to ODBC using the ODBC flavor of SQL. ODBC then translates these to whatever flavor the database understands. ODBC 1.0 was released in September 1992. ODBC is based on and was defined by the . was one member of the group and was the first company to release a commercial product based on its work (under ) but ODBC is not a Microsoft standard (as many people believe). ODBC drivers and development tools are available now for , , , and . [On-line document?] ["Unix Review", Aug 1995]. (1996-05-27) |