Accessing Database Information Using ODBC
While Perl's DBI/DBD data abstraction can be used in many cross-platform database scripting solutions, it isn't available outside of Perl. A more universal approach to database abstraction is ODBC (Open Database Connectivity). Starting in Mac OS X 10.2, our favorite platform once again has ODBC support built into the operating system by way of the open source iODBC (Independent Open Database Connectivity) software. Before you get excited (or start scratching your head wondering what this is), let's answer a few of the obvious questions.
First, what is ODBC? ODBC is a programming API that allows developers to interact with many different types of databases without having to create custom code for each ...
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