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ODBC Client : Overview of ODBC
 

Overview of ODBC

The ODBC interface is a C-based interface that has emerged as an industry standard that enables applications to access data from different sources. The ODBC API provides you with a standard interface to interact with relational database systems.
To become accessible from ODBC client applications, databases must provide an ODBC driver. The driver translates ODBC function calls into calls the data source can process, and returns data to the application. The OpenEdge SQL Engine provides the DataDirect ODBC driver to enable client access to the OpenEdge RDBMS.
For the most up-to-date information on the ODBC driver supported platforms, see the OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.
* ODBC architecture