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, ...

Microsoft Previews SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux. By Leila Meyer; 11/29/11; Microsoft has posted a preview release of its new SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux, which enables access to Microsoft SQL ...

"As a result of the SNAC [SQL Server Native Client] OLE DB deprecation, Analysis Services will be enhanced in a future release to natively support ODBC for consuming data," Anand wrote in September.

From that standpoint, moving to ODBC-based APIs for SQL Server may make things easier for developers who are considering porting their SQL Server-based applications to Microsoft's cloud.

For an ODBC application to communicate with an instance of [!INCLUDEmsCoName] [!INCLUDEssNoVersion], it must allocate environment and connection handles and connect to the data source. After a ...

"As a result of the SNAC [SQL Server Native Client] OLE DB deprecation, Analysis Services will be enhanced in a future release to natively support ODBC for consuming data," Anand wrote in September.