ODBC
Open Database Connectivity
Adopt
Formal standard
ISO/IEC 9075-3 (originally Microsoft / SQL Access Group)
Since 1992
Judgement: Adopt
Cross-language equivalent of JDBC; sits behind every BI tool.
C-based, language-neutral API for accessing relational databases. The cross-platform sibling of JDBC, and the connectivity layer behind most BI tools and Excel-style integrations.
Like JDBC, ODBC is row-oriented — efficient for transactional access, less so for analytical column-heavy result sets.
At a glance
- Category
- Database Connectivity
- Governance
- ISO/IEC 9075-3 (originally Microsoft / SQL Access Group)
- Status
- Stable since 1992; cross-language standard
- First released
- 1992
Links
Related standards
Other standards in Database Connectivity.
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