ODBC
Background Information
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a C-based standard for accessing data.
Available Tools
Enables you to access Caché as a ODBC-compliant database. The Caché ODBC driver is a native driver — it is not built on top of any other proprietary interface. The Caché ODBC driver offers the following features:
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High performance
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Portability
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Native Unicode support
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Thread safety
You can use Caché ODBC with any tool, application, or development environment that supports ODBC.
See Using Caché with ODBC.
Availability: All namespaces.
Enables your Caché applications to access third-party relational databases. Using the SQL Gateway, applications can:
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Access data stored in third-party relational databases within Caché applications using objects and/or SQL queries.
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Store persistent Caché objects in external relational databases.
For details, see Using Caché with ODBC and see “Using the Caché SQL Gateway” in Using Caché SQL.
Availability: All namespaces.
