ODBC articles and resources

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) provides a standard way for applications to access databases. The ODBC API is a library of ODBC functions. The ODBC API lets applications that support ODBC work with data in any database for which an ODBC driver is available.

ODBC code samples

ODBC API examples written in C.

Using the DB2 ODBC driver with unixODBC

The unixODBC Driver Manager allows non-DB2 CLI applications to connect to DB2 from Linux and UNIX platforms.

64-bit ODBC

64-bit ODBC primer — everything you need to know about ODBC on 64-bit Linux, UNIX, and Windows platforms.

ODBC on Linux and UNIX platforms

Linux and UNIX ODBC primer — everything you need to know about ODBC on Linux and UNIX platforms.

Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge performance white paper

Information for application developers and users on getting the best possible performance from the Easysoft ODBC-ODBC Bridge.

ODBC diagnostics and error status codes

How to retrieve and interpret ODBC diagnostic information. This guide also links to a page that provides a complete list of SQLSTATEs and the ODBC functions that return them.