Re: [ODBC] ODBC constructs

When you install an ODBC driver, it does not install a library.  It installs a DLL or shared object.

If you have already installed the driver, then set up your data source with a data source manager.

 

IODBC is a popular driver manager:

http://www.iodbc.org/dataspace/iodbc/wiki/iODBC/

 

and UNIXODBC is another popular choice for an ODBC driver manager:

http://www.unixodbc.org/

 

You link your application against the ODBC library for your platform.  Then it works with any data source you have configured using your driver manager.

 

Here is a little blurb about driver managers:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-odbc/en/connector-odbc-driver-manager.html

 

Here is an outline of using ODBC with IODBC:

http://www.iodbc.org/dataspace/iodbc/wiki/iODBC/ODBCOnUnix

 

Here are the UNIXODBC manuals:

http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/