Interoperability with Other Systems through HTTP Endpoints
Each Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) exposes an Application Programming Interface (API) that developers can use to interoperate with the database.
OLE DB, ODBC, DB-LIB, JDBC, and SQLNCLI are all examples of data access providers. A data access provider encapsulates the complex logic implemented by the API for an RDBMS. A data access provider also exposes a common interface that allows application developers to write data access logic once and be able to interoperate with multiple RDBMSs. The fact is that, to be able to talk to a specific RDBMS, application development platforms require support from a data access provider.
With HTTP Endpoints, SQL Server 2005 provides an ...
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