ODBC
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) provides a standard way for applications to access databases. The ODBC API is a library of ODBC functions that let ODBC-enabled applications connect to any database for which an ODBC driver is available, execute SQL statements, and retrieve results.
Articles and Resources
- ODBC Code Samples
- ODBC API examples written in C.
- Using the DB2 ODBC Driver with unixODBC
- The unixODBC Driver Manager allows non-DB2 CLI applications to connect to DB2 from Linux and UNIX platforms.
- 64-bit ODBC
- 64-bit ODBC primer -- everything you need to know about ODBC on 64-bit Linux, UNIX and Windows platforms.
- Linux/UNIX ODBC
- Linux/UNIX ODBC primer -- everything you need to know about ODBC on Linux and UNIX platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge Performance White Paper
- Provides information for application developers and users on getting the best possible performance from the Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge.
- ODBC Diagnostics & Error Status Codes
- How to retrieve and interpret ODBC diagnostic information. This guide also links to a page that provides a complete list of SQLSTATEs and the ODBC functions that return them.
- ODBC Resources
- ODBC web sites including the online Microsoft ODBC Programmer's Reference.
ODBC Drivers
- Easysoft ODBC-Oracle Driver
- ODBC access to Oracle® from Linux, Unix and Windows. Supported applications and programming interfaces include ApplixWare, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Perl DBI/DBD::ODBC, Python mxODBC/pyodbc and PHP. Uses the Oracle® Database Client or Instant Client to access Oracle®.
- Easysoft ODBC-InterBase Driver
- ODBC access to InterBase from Linux, Unix and Windows. Supported applications and interfaces include ApplixWare, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Perl DBI/DBD::ODBC, Python mxODBC/pyodbc and PHP.
- Easysoft ODBC-ISAM Driver
- Relational, real-time, read/write access to C-ISAM and D-ISAM data for ODBC-enabled applications on Windows, UNIX and Linux.
- Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge
- ODBC access to databases for which you cannot obtain an ODBC driver on your client platform. For example, access Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Navision, FoxPro, Paradox, Centura SQLBase/Gupta SQLBase using their Windows ODBC drivers from Perl or Apache/PHP on Linux. Supported applications include OpenOffice.org, ApplixWare, StarOffice, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. Supported interfaces include Perl DBI/DBD::ODBC, PHP, Rexx/SQL and Python mxODBC/pyodbc.
- Easysoft ODBC-Sybase Driver
- ODBC access to Sybase from Linux and Unix. Supported applications and interfaces include OpenOffice.org, ApplixWare, Perl DBI/DBD::ODBC, Python mxODBC/pyodbc and PHP.
- Easysoft ODBC-SQL Server Driver
- MS SQL Server ODBC driver for MSSQL 7.0, MSSQL 2000, MSSQL 2005, MSSQL 2008, MSSQL 2014, MSSQL 2016, MSSQL 2017 and MSSQL Express. Available on Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-Salesforce Driver
- Salesforce.com ODBC driver for Windows, Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-MongoDB Driver
- MongoDB ODBC driver for Windows, Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-Google Analytics Driver
- Google Analytics ODBC driver for Windows, Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-DB2 Driver
- DB2 ODBC driver for Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-Derby Driver
- Derby ODBC driver for Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-Access Driver
- MS Access ODBC driver for Linux and Unix platforms.
- Easysoft ODBC-Firebird Driver
- ODBC access to Firebird from Linux, Unix, Windows and OS X.
- Easysoft ODBC-JDBC Gateway
- ODBC access from applications such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Delphi and C++ to Java databases. Supported databases include Borland JDataStore, FirstSQL, hsqldb, HSQL (Hypersonic SQL), IBM Cloudscape/Apache Derby, Mckoi, MetaMatrix, OpenBase and PointBase.
- Easysoft ODBC-CODA Driver
- ODBC access from Windows applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Lotus 1-2-3 to CODA data on OpenVMS. Includes the Easysoft Excel Add-In for CODA. This spreadsheet add-in makes it easy to upload data to CODA and generate Excel reports from CODA data.
- Easysoft ODBC-LINC Developer Driver
- ODBC access from applications and programming languages such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual Basic to LINC development data stored in D-ISAM files. Supports LINC Developer profiles, profile flags, date formats and MAINT flags.
- Easysoft ODBC-RMS Driver
- ODBC access from Windows applications such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Lotus 1-2-3 to RMS data on OpenVMS.
- Easysoft ODBC-Zortec System Z Driver
- ODBC access from Windows applications such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access to System Z data in C-ISAM and D-ISAM format files.
