Connecting Windows Applications to SQL Servers via ODBC

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How Can Windows Applications Connect to SQL Servers via ODBC?

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One way of connecting a windows application to a SQL Server is to use ODBC drivers. The requirements to do this is summarized here:

The SQL Server must have TCP/IP protocol enabled with a specific port number.
The SQL Server Browser Service must be running on the server machine.
A ODBC DSN must be created to represent the connection to SQL Server on the specified port number.
The local windows application must be able to support ODBC API calls.

The diagram below shows how MS Access can connect to a SQL Server through the ODBC driver:

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