This is the 1.0 version of the Macintosh implementation of the ODBC protocols. Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is an API that facilitates multidatabase applications development. ODBC adds a control layer to database application programming interfaces to implement only one group of function calls which can access different databases. This reduces the variation between application source code for different databases. Many programs are ODBC compatible, such as Autodesk's AutoCAD and Aldus Pagemaker on Windows, and Microsoft Excel and FoxPro on the Macintosh.
Included in this folder is the ODBC Architecture Overview and the ODBC Developer’s Reference documentation. Additional documentation on ODBC is available from many sources. For a good overview of database connectivity, check out “Enterprise Database Connectivity: The Key to Enterprise Applications on the Desktop” By Richard D. Hackathorn, PhD. 1993, John Wiley & Sons, $39.95; ISBN 0-471-57802-9. For an overview of the SQL Call Level Interface on which the ODBC API is based, you can purchase the Call Level Interface specification from the SQL Access Group, P.O. Box 5559, Manchester, NH 03108; 603-434-0802 or fax 603-437-1548.
The files in this directory fall in four categories:
These files need to be installed in a MacOS-based machine running System 7 or later and ASLM 1.1 or later. They provide the shared libraries for access to the ODBC API and the process for linking ODBC Database Drivers to the Driver Manager.
• ODBC API (Includes, Libraries)
These are the C interface files for calling the ODBC API.
This is a set of sample drivers in MPW source code form. You can read the source and compile these drivers and install them to access databases. See the “Readme - Tools” file for more information.
• ODBC Test
This is a sample application that calls the API and an ODBC driver and exercises it.
Licensing Information
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These files are licensed for your use under the license on the Developer’s CD.
Redistribution licenses for the ODBC Runtime files and object-code derivations of the sample code are available through the purchase of the Mac® OS SDK CD. Contact APDA for order information .