Connect ODBC 4.0.

Connect ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) A database programming interface from Microsoft that provides a common language for Windows applications to access databases on a network. 4.0 is claimed to be the industry's first and only suite of Wire Protocol Open Database Connectivity See ODBC.

(standard, database) Open DataBase Connectivity - (ODBC) A standard for accessing different database systems. There are interfaces for Visual Basic, Visual C++, SQL and the ODBC driver pack contains drivers for the Access, Paradox, dBase, Text, Excel and Btrieve (ODBC) drivers for access to all major databases. With Connect ODBC 4.0, DataDirect have designed an ODBC driver architecture that communicates with databases via the database vendors' wire-level protocols, eliminating the need to use database client libraries such as oracle NetB or Sybase (Sybase Inc., Dublin, CA, www.sybase.com) A software company founded in 1984 that specializes in enterprise infrastructure and integration of platforms, databases and applications. CT-Lib.

Based on the ODBC 3.5 specification, this latest release of Connect ODBC, version 4.0, includes a new Wire Protocol driver for Oracle 8 and 9i, completing the suite with Wire-Protocol access to Oracle, SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. , DB2, Sybase and Informix. The Oracle Wire Protocol driver communicates with Oracle databases via Oracle's wire-protocol layer, bypassing Oracle's client library, Net8.

Comparative benchmark results indicate that new Oracle Wire Protocol driver is up to five times faster than competitive ODBC drivers, enabling customers to optimize optimize - optimisation connectivity between their enterprise applications and Oracle databases.

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Date:	Oct 1, 2001
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