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      <A HREF="http://www.unixodbc.org/"><IMG
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        Standards compliant, open source, database connectivity for everyone.
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        Home
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              <TD><H2>unixODBC is...</H2></TD>
              <TD><H2>News</H2></TD>
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              <TD><BR>unixODBC is an implementation of the ODBC standard which is;
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                    open source
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                    licensed under LGPL/GPL
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                    community developed and community supported
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                    proven with over a decade of active use/development
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                March 15th 2007
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                  New look for unixodbc.org
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                  The old web site was serving the project fine but it seemed 
                  like it was about time to make it all 'fresh'. We hope you 
                  find it more pleasing to use.
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                October 13th 2006
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                  2.2.12 Released<BR>
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                <A HREF="News.html"><SMALL>More...</A></TD>
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              <TD><H2>Key features...</H2></TD>
              <TD><H2>Architecture</H2></TD>
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                Software Development Kit
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                (SDK) - Develop ODBC applications and drivers using the C 
                language and the unixODBC SDK.<BR> <BR>
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                Driver Manager
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                (DM)&nbsp; - The unixODBC DM allows the end-User to switch data 
                sources without recompiling/linking application source code. The
                application does not have to be linked to a specific vendors 
                product.<BR> <BR>
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                Tools
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                - unixODBC includes CrossPlatform command-line and GUI tools to 
                make working with ODBC easy.<BR>
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                <P>Applications typically 
                                                link with the unixODBC 
                                                Driver Manager (DM) which then 
                                                uses the appropriate Driver to 
                                                communicate with the data 
                                                source. The DM understands ODBC
                                                but relies on the Driver to 
                                                understand specifics of the data
                                                source.</P>
                <P>The Driver is typically provided by the data source 
                  Vendor. The Driver understands ODBC and the specifics of the
                  data source.</P>
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                CrossPlatform<BR>
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                Applications built using unixODBC are compatible with the 
                Microsoft implementation of ODBC. unixODBC is provided with all 
                majour Linux distributions. unixODBC has been ported to all 
                majour UNIX and UNIX-like platforms;<BR>
                
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                  - Linux, Solaris, SGI, etc<BR> 
                  - VMS, OS/2, etc<BR>
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                CrossDatabase
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                unixODBC supports drivers from all majour database vendors including;<BR>
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                  - Oracle<BR>
                  - DB2<BR>
                  - Interbase<BR>
                  - Mimer<BR>
                  - MySQL<BR>
                  - others<BR>
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                License
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                unixODBC was developed by the open source community and is provided under the LGPL and GPL licenses. Commercial applications can be developed using unixODBC without paying for a license or royalty. Free support is provided by the community. 
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      --<BR>
      <A HREF=mailto:pharvey@peterharvey.org>Peter Harvey</A>
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