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ODBC is a native interface that is accessed through a language that can make calls into a native library . In case of the Windows platform, this library is a DLL. Microsoft Windows was the first to provide an ODBC product. Now versions exist for UNIX, OS/2OS/2 is an operating system created by Microsoft and IBM and later developed by IBM exclusively. The name stands for "Operating System/2", because it was intended as the preferred operating system for IBM's " Personal System/2 ( PS/2)" line of second-gene, and MacintoshMacintosh now known simply as Mac in all official capacities, is a family of personal computers manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc. of Cupertino, California, USA. Named after the McIntosh, a type of apple favoured by Jef Raskin, the Macintosh was launche platforms as well.
In addition to the ODBC software, a separate module or driver is needed for each database to be accessed. The functions in the ODBC API are implemented by these DBMS-specific drivers. ODBC allows programs to use SQL requests that will access databases without having to know the proprietary interfaces to the databases. It handles the SQL request and converts it into a request the individual database system understands.
Most current DBMSs support ODBC which means that computer programA computer program (often simply called a program is an example of computer software that prescribes the actions (" computations") that are to be carried out by a computer. Most programs consist of a loadable set of instructions which determines how the cs that rely on ODBC can connect to several different brands of DBMSs using the same basic code.
A JDBC-ODBC Bridge is a JDBC driverDevice driver vehicle driver ( driving) JDBC driver a software that allows applications to connect to a database a kind of sail on a sailboat ( driver (sail)) Driver is a computer game made by GT Interactive and Reflections. which employs the ODBC driver to connect to the database. This driver translates JDBC method calls into ODBC function calls. The bridge is usually used when there is no JDBC driver available for a particular database.
UnixODBC is the standard for ODBC on non MS Windows platforms. This is to include XFree86 GUI support for both GNOME and KDE. UnixODBC is used by OpenOffice.