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Chapter3.OpenLink ODBC Driver (Multi-Tier Edition) Client Component

Abstract

This chapter describes the ODBC client component of OpenLink Universal Data Access (UDA).

ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity, a data-access API implementation from Microsoft that conforms to the X/Open SQL CLI specification. ODBC links ODBC compliant applications to ODBC Drivers via the ODBC Driver Manager.

ODBC Driver Managers exist on other platforms such as Mac, Unix and Linux. These platforms usually make use of the "iODBC Driver Manager". Additional information regarding iODBC can be obtained from: www.iodbc.org.

Table of Contents

3.1. Generic Client for Windows
3.1.1. Installation (32-bit)
3.1.2. Installation (64-bit)
3.1.3. Data Source Configuration
3.1.4. ODBC System & User Data Sources
3.1.5. Creating a File Data Source
3.1.6. Advanced Settings
3.2. Generic Client For Macintosh OS 8.6+
3.2.1. Installation
3.2.2. Data Source Configuration
3.2.3. Tracing Data Sources
3.2.4. Testing Data Sources
3.3. Mac OS X
3.3.1. Installation
3.3.2. Data Source Configuration
3.3.3. Testing Data Sources
3.3.4. Troubleshooting ODBC Connections and Sessions
3.4. Generic Client for UNIX
3.4.1. Installation
3.4.2. Configuration
3.4.3. Sample Application
3.4.4. UDBC Data Source Configuration
3.5. New Features
3.6. Oracle Connection Pooling Support
3.6.1. What it is
3.6.2. Benefits
3.6.3. How it Works
3.6.4. The OpenLink Perspective: what you do to use it
3.7. Multi-Tier-specific Connection-Pooling
3.7.1. Multi-Tier-specific configuration
3.8. Oracle 10g Instant Client: Connection String Formats
3.8.1. OpenLink Multi-Tier Connections using Instant Client
3.8.2. Oracle Client Installation related links
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