Open Database Connectivity
Overview of Other Development Environments
1-12 Oracle Database 2 Day Developer's Guide
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/sqlj_jdbc/
For an introduction on how to use Java to access and modify data in Oracle Database,
see Oracle Database 2 Day + Java Developer's Guide.
Open Database Connectivity
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a set of database access APIs that connect to
the database, prepare, and then run SQL statements on Oracle Database. An
application that uses an ODBC driver can access non-uniform data sources, such as
spreadsheets and comma-delimited files.
The Oracle ODBC driver conforms to ODBC 3.51 specifications. It supports all core
APIs and a subset of Level1 and Level 2 functions. Microsoft supplies the Driver
manager component for the Windows platform. The Oracle Database driver for UNIX
platforms is available on the ODBC Oracle Technology Network site at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/windows/odbc/
For information about unixODBC standards and the latest Driver manager, see the
unixODBC site at
http://www.unixodbc.org/
For information about using the Oracle ODBC driver with Windows, see Oracle
Services for Microsoft Transaction Server Developer's Guide.
For information about how to use the Oracle ODBC driver on Linux, see Oracle
Database Administrator's Reference for Linux and UNIX.
Like OCI, OCCI, and JDBC, ODBC is part of the Oracle Instant Client installation,
which is available from the Instant Client Oracle Technology Network site at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/oci/instantclient/
