ODBC is a standard definition of an application programming interface (API) used to access data in relational or indexed sequential access method (ISAM) databases. [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] supports ODBC ...

Click the "SQL Native Client" in the list of drivers. The SQL client is included with the Windows 7 operating system. Click "Finish." Type the SQL server information in the window that opens.

Microsoft has posted a preview release of its new SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux, which enables access to Microsoft SQL Server databases from Linux operating systems. This driver is a port of ...

"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.

"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.

Today Simba Technologies Inc.®, the worldwide leader in Big Data connectivity announced that its SQL Server ODBC Driver is now included as an integral component of Microsoft's Excel 2016 for Mac ...

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 [!INCLUDE msCoName] [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion], it must allocate environment and connection handles and connect to the data source. After a ...