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'''Open Database Connectivity''' or '''ODBC''' is a standard [[software]] [[API]] for connecting to [[database management system]]s. This API is independent of any one [[programming language]], database system or [[operating system]]. ODBC is based on the [[Call Level Interface]] ([[CLI]]) specifications from [[SQL]], [[X/Open Company]] (now known as [[The Open Group]]), and the [[ISO]]/[[IEC]]. ODBC was created by the [[SQL Access Group]] and first released in September, 1992. ▼
▲'''Open Database Connectivity''' or '''ODBC''' is a standard [[software]] [[API]] for connecting to [[database management system]]s. This API is independent of any one [[programming language]], database system or [[operating system]]. ODBC is based on the [[Call Level Interface]] ([[CLI]]) specifications from [[SQL]], [[X/Open Company]] (now known as [[The Open Group]]), and the [[ISO]]/[[IEC]]. ODBC was created by the [[SQL Access Group]] and first released in September, 1992.
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/2]], and [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] platforms as well.
In addition to the ODBC software, a separate module or [[Database driver|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 database management systems (DBMSs) nowadays support ODBC which means that [[Computer program|computer programs]] that rely on ODBC can connect to several different brands of DBMSs using the same basic code.
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