Ingres ODBC Learn
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This page will provide you with both the latest news on the Ingres ODBC Driver as well as everything you need to learn about ODBC and become proficient in using it to build Ingres applications.
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Overview
ODBC is a specification for a standardized application programming interface (API) that defines a set of function calls, error codes and data types for developing applications that can access multiple database management systems using Structured Query Language (SQL). ODBC permits maximum interoperability—a single application can access many different database management systems. This enables an ODBC developer to develop, compile, and deploy an application without targeting a specific type of data source. Users can add the database drivers that link the application to the database management systems of their choice. The Ingres ODBC driver enables ODBC-enabled applications to access Ingres RDBMS, Ingres Enterprise Access and Ingres EDBC databases. Ingres also provides a CLI interface that removes the requirement for a driver manager.
Architecture
Specifications
- General Communications API (GCA)/General Communications Facility(GCF) API External Interface Specification
- Data Access Messaging Protocol Specification
- Abstract Data Facility (ADF) Overview
- Ingres Compatability Library (CL)
On-Line Documentation
The Ingres ODBC Driver is documented in the Ingres Connectivity Guide available online at Docs. In addition, the Ingres SQL Reference Guide documents SQL Statements available with the Ingres ODBC Driver.
Articles
Articles dealing with the Ingres ODBC Driver and Integration with other technologies can be found at Articles
Examples
Example Code can be found in Code Samples.
Presentations
Here are links to webinars that have been previously given. You can download the presentations and webinar replays. Note that replaying any of the webinars requires that you first install the WebEx ARF media player. Of course, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files and InfoZip is a nice open source utility for handling ZIP files.
