| title | description | author | ms.author | ms.date | ms.service | ms.subservice | ms.topic | helpviewer_keywords | |||||||
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ODBC |
SQL Server supports ODBC, by using the SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver, as a native API for C and C++ applications that communicate with SQL Server. |
markingmyname |
maghan |
03/17/2017 |
sql |
native-client |
reference |
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server]
Important
[!INCLUDEsnac-removed-oledb-and-odbc]
ODBC is a standard definition of an application programming interface (API) used to access data in relational or indexed sequential access method (ISAM) databases. [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] supports ODBC, via the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver, as one of the native APIs for writing C and C++ applications that communicate with [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] programs that are written using the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver communicate with [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] through C function calls. The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]-specific versions of the ODBC functions are implemented in the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver. The driver passes SQL statements to [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] and returns the results of the statements to the application.
The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Native Client ODBC driver complies with the Microsoft Win32 ODBC 3.51 specification. The driver supports applications written using earlier versions of ODBC in the manner defined in the ODBC 3.51 specification.
SQL Server Native Client Programming
Installing SQL Server Native Client