The Problem

	The Solution
	The BASIS ODBC DriverÖ gives you the power of personal query tools familiar to the end-user. No need to build your own reporting tools, and no end-user training ù they can use their favorite applications.
	Using a standard API adopted by over 140 software vendors, the BASIS ODBC Driver provides a thin layer of interactivity between Windows applications (spreadsheets, report writers, charting tools, etc.) and a variety of BBX and PRO/5 databases. ODBC gives you the ability to send SQL queries from your favorite productivity tools to your existing BBX or PRO/5 data source, manipulate the data in your applications, and then send the changes back to the data source.

Highlights

• Standard API means that you can use any ODBC-compliant applications to connect to BB^X and PRO/5 data sources.
• The READ-ONLY toggle gives you control. You can allow some users READ-ONLY access to data, while others have full READ and WRITE access.
• Client ready and not limited to local data ù to efficiently access remote data, just provide the server path in your data definition and set up a PRO/5 Data ServerÖ on the server side.
• Combine the BASIS ODBC Driver with the PRO/5 Data Server for fast queries from the BB^X or PRO/5 data source.

Description

• Cross-platform BB^X and PRO/5 data access via ODBC-compliant applications
• Supports Windows 3.1x, Windows 95, Windows NT
• ODBC API Level 1, minimum grammar support support
• Client Ready

Requirements
Data Source:	Normalized data in a BASIS Data Dictionary
ODBC Driver:	A copy of the BASIS ODBC Driver must be installed on each PC
UNIX:	Access legacy UNIX data by providing the server path in the data definition and setting up a PRO/5 Data Server on the UNIX side
Windows:	Install the BASIS ODBC Driver and attach your ODBC compliant tool to the BBX data source